Legal status of compliance officers – open issues

Автор: Mihaela Braut Filipović, Sara Madžarov Matijević

Журнал: Pravo - teorija i praksa @pravni-fakultet

Статья в выпуске: 1 vol.41, 2024 года.

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Legislators only sporadically regulate the compliance function within companies, primarily in the financial sector. The primary task of compliance officers (CO) is to ensure that the overall business operations comply with legal norms. When discussing the potential liability of compliance officers, it is necessary to analyze their legal position within the corporation. The liability of compliance officers should primarily be considered as the employee’s responsibility towards the employer. From the perspective of corporate law, the theoretical background should focus on whether compliance officers have a distinct legal status within the company. The authors aim to contribute to the discussion on potential changes in corporate governance, where corporate officers such as compliance officers gain more influence, and to raise awareness of the precarious position of compliance officers under current solutions of both the Anglo-American and Continental European models.

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Compliance officers, corporate officers, legal status

Короткий адрес: https://sciup.org/170202104

IDR: 170202104 | DOI: 10.5937/ptp2401001B

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