Taking Ownership: Board’s role in preventing, detecting and addressing corporate wrongdoing

Stéphane Eljarrat, Partner at Osler who leads the White-Collar Defence discusses the role of Boards and corporate wrong doing. With primary responsibility of oversight, Boards have a duty to ensure management is adhering to a code of conduct and creating a culture of integrity and compliance.

Stéphane shares his framework for how Boards should respond to allegation of wrong doing. This includes having a task force to investigate the complaint, co-operate with authorities and ensuring timely and thorough review is completed.