Six Questions Every Director Should Be Asking About Compliance
The obligation to ensure adherence to general and specific laws applying to your company’s operations is at the heart of your responsibilities as a company director – both under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and at common law. The most recent set of hearings before the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (Royal Commission) are a sage reminder of the need for organisations (of all sizes) to reflect on how they are managing issues of governance and compliance within their business. You can follow some of our previous coverage of the Royal Commission here (https://www.compliancequarter.com.au/three-financial-services-compliance-lessons-from-the-royal-commission/#_ftn1). By The consequences of failing to meet your obligations as a director can potentially expose the organisation to actions by shareholders, along with civil penalty enforcement action by the…