“He who hunts two rats at once will catch none.” — Yoruba Proverb, Nigeria

Across boardrooms and HR departments, a familiar tension persists: how to protect customers and corporate reputation when an employee is accused of misconduct — without breaking the law in the process.

It is the discipline dilemma: the struggle between acting fast to contain reputational risk and acting right to preserve fairness, due process, and legal integrity. Many organisations, especially in banking and services, now f