This is the final report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services’ inquiry into the effectiveness of Australia’s corporate insolvency laws in protecting and maximising value for the benefit of all interested parties and the economy.

While the regulatory environment related to AI systems is evolving, an organisation that uses or relies on an AI system will generally be responsible if it causes harm. This report argues that corporate leaders need to rapidly appreciate their existing legal duties and emerging responsibilities regarding AI.

Enforcing good company behaviours and punishing corporate wrongdoings using laws designed to assess the intentions of individuals is fraught because corporate entities do not have minds. ‘Systems Intentionality’ seeks to offer a new, and workable, way to assess the intentions of a corporation.

Indigenous organisations in Australia are regulated by state governments through well-understood and institutionally embedded mechanisms of corporate governance. This research aims to better understand the factors that contribute to Indigenous corporation success ‘beyond compliance’.

This options paper outlines the ways the UK Government can improve the law to ensure that corporations are effectively held to account for committing serious crimes.