LAW 534 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Debenture, Direct Democracy, Johnson & Johnson
8 Sep 2017
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July 2016: chief office whistle blowers (p. 7-26) paid program: exceptions: If the matter against the corporation is criminal. If the compliance officer is done work at the parking lot and heard something and reports. If you self report, it can be used against you, but if you had a proper due diligence system in place and you took all the reasonable measures. If you self report, and there was still violating, it will strengthen your due diligence defence. A fisherman self-reported that he had misplaced the traps. When his case reached the court of appeal in. Nova scotia, the court said his action of self-reporting is admirable but not enough. Home depot made a mistake on its taxes and self-reported it. The tax court said self-reporting constituted due diligence . Since home depot had due diligence already in place, the self-reporting strengthened the due diligence offence . Awards in usa: huge amounts of awards.
