When things go wrong, efforts to hold people “accountable” in an organization rarely produce what leaders actually want.

Recent remarks by Jay Clayton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), continue to emphasize Clayton’s priority on individual accountability — a bad actor should not take ...

On 9 March 2023, the President of Ireland signed the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022 (the "Bill") into law. See our previous update here for a detailed examination of the ...

Mary Jo White and Andrew J. Ceresney, in their inaugural Federal and State Securities Enforcement column, write that several provisions passed into law under Sarbanes-Oxley were intended to advance ...

Imagine a workplace where nobody takes responsibility for their actions or the results they produce. It’s a scenario that can quickly spiral into chaos, leading to a host of detrimental consequences ...

Why should this concern white-collar professionals? In September 2022, the Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Monaco, reminded prosecutors that individual accountability remains the DOJ's "first priority." ...

Is a new Department of Justice (DOJ) policy focused on individual accountability for white-collar crime encouraging companies to scapegoat their employees? A recent court filing in a $6 billion ...

Many organizations talk about accountability, but the meaning is rarely practically defined. Oftentimes, accountability becomes a buzzword that is repeated in meetings and mission statements until ...

The Financial Conduct Authority set out the rules for its Motor Finance Redress Scheme on 30 March 2026. The scheme targets historic motor finance agreements where customers may have been treated ...