Are Fujitsu facing the consequences?

There are nonetheless a whole lot of individuals ready for justice from the Publish Workplace scandal the place over 700 hundred sub postmasters had been unfairly prosecuted. The system, Horizon created by Fujitsu was a defective and unreliable system which was not taken accountability for by both Fujitsu or the Publish Workplace after they knew the place the blame ought to have been.

Fujitsu have now publicly apologised for his or her half and Paul Patterson, the Fujitsu Europe boss had introduced to MPs that the agency has a “ethical obligation” to contribute to the compensation, as reported by the BBC.

The Guardian inform us that the compensation is estimated to be as much as £1 billion and the talk Is that this could not come from the taxpayer purse however quite the massive companies that are in charge for this being wanted.

There at the moment are three Publish Workplace compensation schemes which were arrange for victims with over 4000 folks advised they’re eligible for pay-outs.

The defective system made by Fujitsu was extra extensively trusted by bosses each on the Publish Workplace and Fujitsu than the individuals who labored for them day by day. There have been stories of bugs and errors when the system was first put in place in 1999 and but these had been all ignored.

Is Fujitsu nonetheless in enterprise?

Regardless of the seemingly real apologies and pledges to deal with the difficulty, Fujitsu haven’t misplaced out on any enterprise and remains to be deeply ingrained within the public sector. Fujitsu proceed working with the Publish Workplace and the £95 million contract has been prolonged till 2025.

On prime of this, Fujitsu has continued successful over authorities contracts price billions with HMRC, the Ministry of Defence and, the Division for Enterprise, Vitality and Industrial technique.

This poses the query of whether or not we are able to belief the corporate to be so closely embedded within the public sector.

Fujitsu and the federal government

Not solely have they got enterprise inside necessary sectors they’re additionally built-in within the authorities, donating £26,000 to labour and conservative to host ‘lounges’ at every celebration’s convention. The Guardian has reported the depth of the hyperlink that Fujitsu has with the federal government and that they’re so embedded they might be getting off extra frivolously than they need to.

Simon Blagden, the Fujitsu UK chair till 2019 is a long-term conservative donor and has been appointed UK well being safety company advisory board and paid from the general public purse.

Michael Keegan was the CEO after which Chair of Fujitsu and is now a Crown Consultant of the cupboard workplace, making him one of many officers who oversee relationships with public sector suppliers.

It appears that evidently even when Fujitsu do the proper factor and pay the compensation to the victims they nonetheless might have entry to the general public sector and to the excessive courtroom that means they is probably not affected in the long term for the injustice they’ve induced.

What do you suppose ought to occur?