Companies Should Examine Their Troubled Pasts – Before Courts Do It for Them
By
Raúl Gallegos
A 20-year-old case in Colombia illustrates the growing push for accountability.
BOGOTÁ – The pandemic has prompted many in the global business community to embrace a future where they do well by doing good. But in conflict-prone places like Colombia, there are signs companies will increasingly be held accountable for wrongdoing in the past – and present. Colombia’s prosecutor general recently accused executives at Drummond, a global coal producer, of links to paramilitaries who assassinated union leaders nearly 20 years ago – one of the highest-profile cases of alleged human rights violations by a company in a conflict zone. The case can mean...
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