This paper shows that due diligence requirements have become an important addition to the legal and regulatory tool box. Through such requirements corporate actors are encouraged to set up and operate procedures that prevent certain outcomes from materialising. Liability can then be attached to...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT), investigates whether EU institutions implement human rights and sustainability due diligence when they purchase goods and services. Based on documentary analysis and interviews, this study finds that...

The initial details concerning the largest alleged financial fraud in history are just beginning to come into focus, yet one thing is already clear, the repercussions of the Madoff scandal have elevated both regulators and investors concerns related to hedge funds operational (i.e. noninvestment...