Corporate Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) are contracts negotiated between the federal government and defendants to address allegations of corporate misconduct without going to trial. The agreements are hailed as a model of speedy and efficient law enforcement, but also derided as making...

Introduction -- Performance management : the concept -- Performance management : the reality -- Effective performance management -- What's happening to performance management? -- Performance management : the issues -- Improve objective setting -- Replace the annual performance review -- Abolish...