The delegation of authority is this logic

Criminal business, Bruno Thouzellier knows. Right. Now, he is a lawyer, to the Parisian firm SarrauThomasCouderc, where he brings his experience of the correctional courts at the service of its customers. Interlocutors are primarily managers and business leaders. Yet, this specialist confess himself: no one knows all the offences hidden in our codes. The evidence, when he was a member of the Committee of experts, it was not possible to identify the exact number of situations in which a company manager can be sentenced to the prison or heavy fines. In reality, the criminal is suggests in each away business, large or small.

Legislative inflation is not foreign. Whenever a fact shakes his opinion, a law is passed. A new incriminations paragraph is inserted. Rarely well that these new offences do not, reach far by far, the company, as a person, and his collaborators, in their capacity as individuals named.

At the time, the threat of splashing is permanent. To protect itself, the delegation of authority certainly provides a parade. But it is not trivial to support a criminal risk to his staff. The wisest is still to have in mind mapping of traps.

1 sources of danger

-The leader and employees

Between the discrimination and harassment of all kinds, workplace became the preferred Theatre of the offences of modern life. "From this point of view, the dump has caused a considerable air appeal," notes master Thouzellier. Caution is therefore recommended in the gestures and words.

-The leader and the operation of the company

An act of management contrary to the interests of the company may be reprehensible. But where are the good and evil Everything depends on the angle of view. This is a holding company whose subsidiaries is deficit. The House mother gives mission at the head of the subdivision to the building in "lease-back", in other words, sale and leaseback. This is a simple measure of economy, it does not mean a move or a cessation of activity. But it is enough that the decision be misconstrued by the Business Committee and the leader of the subsidiary will be bogged in a procedure.

-The leader and the management of social goods

ABS (for abuse of social goods) is the catch crime par excellence. It goes the more venial-l' use of the car in service during the holidays - in the most serious: embezzlement for personal use of the cash of the company. But between the two, it may apply to an infinite number of sometimes unpredictable situations.

-The leader and financial markets

Now, any publicly traded company is at the mercy of a disaffected minority shareholders association. Financial communication constraints tight margins of manoeuvre. The need to inform both providers, employees, directors and financial analysts, each word must be balanced. Because the offence of disclosure of false news can be easily made.

And this is not finished! The leader may also be faced with the State in an irregularity in a tender for a public market. Similarly, the legislation on the environment and the consumer protection put him in first line. Finally, it can be brought to the criminal code only as a subject of common law.

2 Of the proper use of delegation of authority

Not to be the lightning rod of any hierarchical organization, the leader must protect themselves, at the same time that empower its staff. The delegation of authority is this logic. It is to identify who does what. But must give everyone the means to accomplish its mission.

"It is not delegation that is sustainable if it accompanies tools, competence and authority", prevents Bruno Thouzellier. Otherwise, the judge will tell that it is void. Means pass through adequate training, appropriate materials. The authority must translate into a hierarchical position in accordance with the constraints. And the jurisdiction requires a minimum: how to read, for example, a security official. Finally, any delegation must be written and signed by the employee.