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SUMMARY:Criminal liability of managers and executives for health and safe
 ty violations
DESCRIPTION:Regulators in many jurisdictions have recently stepped up the
 ir activities in relation to investigating and prosecuting individual di
 rectors and officers for serious incidents resulting in fatalities or se
 rious injuries\, and a number of executives have been convicted and jail
  sentences have been imposed.\n\nThere have been a number of high-profil
 e incidents recently around the globe involving airline\, mining and fir
 e accidents\, resulting in multiple fatalities that are ultimately a hum
 an\, environmental and economic disaster. In addition to the reputationa
 l damage suffered by a corporation involved in a serious incident\, comp
 any executives face criminal liability and may be personally liable for 
 breaches of health and safety laws\, and the penalties can involve impri
 sonment and substantial fines.\n\nThe session covers:\n\n• serious and h
 igh-profile incidents around the globe and the response to those inciden
 ts\;\n• an outline of the legal obligations in the various jurisdictions
 \;\n• a comparison of health and safety laws in different jurisdictions\
 , including the personal obligations of company executives and a compari
 son of potential criminal penalties that may be imposed\;\n• protecting 
 individual employees overseas and cross-border workplace health and safe
 ty initiatives\;\n• recent cases involving the imposition of penalties (
 including jail sentences) on executives for violations of health and saf
 ety laws\;\n• implications for corporations\, including reputational dam
 age resulting in adverse economic consequences for the corporation\;\n• 
 the importance of investing upfront in health and safety management syst
 ems and appropriate training for executives to improve safety outcomes\;
  and\n• how corporations should respond to critical incidents.
LOCATION:Room 318 C\, Floor 3
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