The changes provide more protection for defendants and make bringing suits more difficult for plaintiffs. By Ridgway M. Hall Jr. There has been an explosion of developments relating to corporate environmental auditing programs. The author discusses new design and performance standards for comprehensive benchmarking information for corporate managers to evalute their own programs. The regulatory and liability landscape is also examined.
Author lists some practical preparation proposals.
Remember that shareholder interests are primary. This article tells what to do in a corporate crisis. Corporate executives need a plan for dealing with the outside world both before and after a crisis occurs. The Federal Elections Commission is getting very serious about policing corporate involvement in campaign fund raising. But a company can get involved in federal elections without violating the law.