Why Aotearoa New Zealand Needs a Corporate Homicide Bill

Abstract

New Zealand needs a law to make corporate homicide a crime. Without such a law those primarily responsible for the protection of workers and others from death or serious harm due to work do not face full responsibility for their actions or inactions. In other words, there may be no justice for people killed or needlessly injured due to work. This is why I propose a member’s Bill, the Crimes (Corporate Homicide) Amendment Bill, which would introduce a new offence of corporate homicide.