Are employees, senior or otherwise, under a duty to disclose the misconduct of colleagues or themselves to their employer? Tony Thompson and Rebecca Peedell look at recent cases.
In Item Software (UK) Ltd v Fassihi and others the Court of Appeal holds that a company director has a fiduciary duty to disclose his own misconduct and to account for secret profits.
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