aw-shucks defence

aw-shucks defence A legal defence in which a senior executive claims to have been ignorant of fraudulent or otherwise unlawful practices within their company. The term was coined by the prosecutor in the 2005 trial of Bernie Ebbers, the founder of WorldCom, who was found guilty of an $11 billion fraud. The failure of his defence meant that similar claims became less likely in subsequent trials.

• computer-assisted audit techniques
• computer-assisted panel research
• computer-assisted telephone interviewing
• computer-assisted trading
• computer-based training
• computer-integrated manufacturing system
• computer output microfilm
• concealed unemployment
• concentrated segmentation
• concentration
• concept test
• concert-party agreement
• concurrent control
• concurrent engineering
• condition
• conditionality
• conditional sale agreement
• Confederation of British Industry
• conference lines
• conferencing
• confidentiality clause
• confirmation note
• confirmed letter of credit
• confirming house
• conflict management