Leadership responsibility

The plan demands effective accountability and greater public insight into companies to combat fraud, and sees economic crime in companies as a serious social issue. That management in socially critical operations can be held personally responsible for deficiencies in security measures is in line with that stance. The plan does not address the cybersecurity law as such, but the principle of responsibility among those who make decisions is clear.

• accountability for legal violationsdecisive»höga krav på fungerande ansvarsutkrävande vid lagbrott.« (party programme ↗)“high requirements for effective accountability in the case of legal violations.”
• insight into companies»Vi vill gå mot en större samhällelig insyn« (party programme ↗)“We want to move towards greater public insight”
• combat crime in companies»Ekonomisk brottslighet i företag leder till allvarliga konsekvenser,« (party programme ↗)“Economic crime in companies leads to serious consequences,”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that the capacity to resist cyber attacks shall be strengthened and that society needs strong resilience and readiness against hybrid attacks. It also sees as a problem that control systems have been weakened rather than strengthened when activities of societal importance are run privately. A clearer personal responsibility for management in society-critical activities therefore lies in line with the plan's requirement for sharper governance and responsibility.

• strengthened cyber resiliencedecisive»Arbetet för att stärka förmågan att stå emot cyberattacker och desinformation ska stärkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work to strengthen the capacity to resist cyber attacks and disinformation shall be strengthened.”
• readiness against hybrid threats»Beredskap mot hybridattacker.« (party programme ↗)“Readiness against hybrid attacks.”
• strong national resilience»Det försämrade säkerhetspolitiska läget ställer stora krav på en stark motståndskraft för vårt land.« (party programme ↗)“The deteriorated security policy situation places great demands on a strong resilience for our country.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan demands that society secures control over critical infrastructure and that civil defense and crisis preparedness are strengthened, which presupposes that demands on socially vital activities are effective. That leadership can be held personally responsible, in line with the EU directive, is one way to make responsibility real rather than formal. The plan says nothing about leadership responsibility in cybersecurity legislation, so the assessment is weak.

• control over critical infrastructuredecisive»läkemedel, kritiska råmaterial och viktig teknologi. Samhället måste säkra kontroll över« (party programme ↗)“medicine, critical raw materials and important technology. Society must secure control over”
• strengthened civil preparedness»satsa en större andel av försvarets pengar på det civila försvaret, och öka anslagen till krisberedskap« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest a larger share of defense spending on civil defense, and increase appropriations for crisis preparedness”
• accountability for power»Överdriven maktkoncentration är odemokratiskt och korrumperar.« (party programme ↗)“Excessive concentration of power is undemocratic and corrupts.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan says nothing about personal responsibility for management in cybersecurity regulation. The closest principle is instead that the regulatory burden on companies and organisations shall be cleaned up and not made heavier than necessary. From that principle, the documents do not support sharpening the law with special personal responsibility for office holders.

• reduced regulatory burden on businessdecisive»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små. Vi vill införa en ny och förenklad företagsform för mikroföretag, så att fler ska våga testa att driva företag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clean up the regulatory thicket for entrepreneurs, large and small. We want to introduce a new and simplified business form for micro-enterprises, so that more dare to try running a business.”
• good conditions for enterprise»Goda villkor för entreprenörer, egenföretagare och små företag är därför avgörande för att skapa nya jobb.« (party programme ↗)“Good conditions for entrepreneurs, self-employed and small businesses are therefore crucial for creating new jobs.”
• strengthened civil preparedness»Även det civila försvaret är livsviktigt. Vi måste rusta civilförsvaret och samhällets beredskap inför krig och kris.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Civil defence is also vital. We must strengthen civil defence and society's preparedness for war and crisis.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan does not address personal responsibility of leadership in cybersecurity law. The nearest-lying principle is that civil defence shall be strengthened at the same pace as military defence and that total defence needs to be greatly strengthened in the difficult security situation, which speaks for clear requirements on those who lead societally important activities. From that principle the question of clearer responsibility should be reviewed, but the conclusion is weakly grounded.

• strengthened civil defencedecisive»det civila försvaret stärkas i samma takt som det militära« (2022 manifesto ↗)“civil defence is strengthened at the same pace as military defence”
• greatly strengthened total defence»I ett säkerhetspolitiskt läge som är det svåraste sedan andra världskrigets slut behöver Sveriges totalförsvar stärkas kraftigt.« (party programme ↗)“In a security policy situation that is the most difficult since the end of the Second World War, Sweden's total defence needs to be greatly strengthened.”
• clear digital rules»Vi vill ha spelregler som gör det lätt att göra rätt och säkerställer konkurrens på rättvisa villkor även i digitaliseringens och delningsekonomins tid.« (party programme ↗)“We want rules that make it easy to do the right thing and ensure competition on fair terms even in the age of digitalisation and the sharing economy.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan is based on the premise that all people have personal responsibility for their conscious actions and that honesty and personal responsibility are important foundations in business, where good governance requires participation in accountability. The plan also requires that Sweden can meet attacks including cyber warfare. The counter-proposal's demand for clearer personal responsibility for leadership in society-critical activities follows from these commitments.

• personal responsibility for actionsdecisive»Alla människor har ett personligt ansvar för sina medvetna handlingar.« (party programme ↗)“All people have personal responsibility for their conscious actions.”
• personal responsibility in business»Hederlighet och personligt ansvarstagande är viktiga fundament.« (party programme ↗)“Honesty and personal responsibility are important foundations.”
• responsibility follows governance»God förvaltning förutsätter närhet till beslut och delaktighet i ansvar.« (party programme ↗)“Good governance requires proximity to decision-making and participation in accountability.”
• capability against cyber threats»Sverige måste kunna möta angrepp från internationell kriminalitet, terrorism,« (party programme ↗)“Sweden must be able to meet attacks from international crime, terrorism,”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan meets cyber threats against companies with government support rather than with stricter personal responsibility for management, and states that EU rules as a general rule shall be implemented at minimum level without over-implementation. The demand for clearer personal management responsibility beyond what the bill contains therefore lacks support in the plan, which instead wants to remove a third of companies' regulatory burden. The plan simultaneously wants to develop cyber defence.

• government support against cyber threatsdecisive»Ge företag som är engagerade i säkerhetskänslig verksamhet bättre stöd från staten att kunna möta cyberattacker, spionage och stöldförsök från främmande makt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Provide companies engaged in security-sensitive operations with better government support to meet cyberattacks, espionage, and theft attempts from foreign powers”
• no over-implementation»Minska regelkrånglet och onödig byråkrati, bland annat genom att motverka överimplementering i Sverige av EU-beslut – som huvudregel ska EU-direktiv genomföras på miniminivå« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce regulatory red tape and unnecessary bureaucracy, including by counteracting over-implementation in Sweden of EU decisions - as a general rule, EU directives shall be implemented at minimum level”
• reduced regulatory burden»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of companies' administrative costs and a third of regulatory red tape”
• strengthened cyber defence»Utveckla cyberförsvaret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Develop cyber defence”

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The plan requires re-established official responsibility and strengthened possibilities for accountability when management of public resources falls short. The counter-proposal's demand for clearer personal responsibility for leadership in societally critical activities follows from the same principle, in line with the plan's requirement for better evaluation of society's digital vulnerability. The plan however does not address the cyber security law as such.

• re-established official responsibilitydecisive»Återinför tjänstemannaansvaret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Re-establish official responsibility”
• accountability for shortfalls»Sverigedemokraterna vill stärka möjligheter för ansvarsutkrävande när hanteringen av de offentliga resurserna brister.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to strengthen possibilities for accountability when management of public resources falls short.”
• evaluate digital vulnerability»Samhällets sårbarhet behöver bättre utvärderas, inkluderat hur ett allt mer elektrifierat och digitalt samhälle påverkar utsattheten vid en kris eller störning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society's vulnerability needs to be better evaluated, including how an increasingly electrified and digital society affects vulnerability in a crisis or disruption.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.