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Getting To Guilty: The Necessary Shift To Individual Accountability For Corporate Wrongdoing, Paige Wheeler
Getting To Guilty: The Necessary Shift To Individual Accountability For Corporate Wrongdoing, Paige Wheeler
The Business, Entrepreneurship & Tax Law Review
In September of 2015, Deputy Attorney General, Sally Yates, declared that the Department of Justice would shift its focus to pursuing individual accountability for cases of corporate wrongdoing, This shift reflects a change in directives, as the Department of Justice commonly resolved cases of corporate wrongdoing through the companies themselves prior to what is now commonly known as the Yates Memorandum. The Yates Memorandum centers on the conclusion that one of the most successful ways to tackle corporate misconduct is by making sure that the individuals who are committing the wrongdoing are held accountable for their actions. The Yates Memorandum …