German supreme court: compliance systems can reduce penalty size
German Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe (Credit: Credit: commonswikimedia.org/comquat)
An effective compliance management system and remedial action taken by a company once it uncovers a crime should be taken into account when calculating the level of fine it must pay, Germany's highest court has said in a landmark ruling.
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