ACADEMIC PROGRAMME

Session 1
The Tone at the Top: When Governance Structures Fail — Compliance Breakdowns, Liability and Corporate Crime

DATE & TIME​

LOCATION

🗓️ Tuesday, August 25
🕐 10:30-11:45

📍 Grand Park Hall 1–3

Organised By

Organised by the Corporate and M&A and Business Crime and Civil Fraud Commissions, and the Sustainability Board

Description

What to do in a situation of crisis? This interactive session combines a keynote on leadership dynamics and ‘shadow hierarchies’ with a live boardroom simulation placing participants inside a corporate crisis. The scenario: a listed company under market and transaction pressure faces aggressive revenue practices, ESG reporting concerns and a whistleblower allegation, forcing the board to act amid legal, investor and reputational risk. Guided by cross-border expert practitioners, participants will advise the directors and management in real time on disclosure duties, investigations, transaction decisions and liability exposure, exploring how governance design and incentive systems can either prevent misconduct — or trigger it.