In message <004901c787df$0cef3ad0$0200a8c0@PaulWork>, at 09:44:06 on
Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Paul Ticher <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Surely you couldn't successfully prosecute individuals for being
>reckless if they were following their organisation's procedures (or
>even doing their best in the absence of procedures).
But if the procedures said you weren't to do a reasonable level of
authentication, would the "I'm only following orders" defence apply?
And what about the responsibility of those who wrote the procedures?
(I'm in devil's advocate mode here, of course).
--
Roland Perry
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