READ ME File For 'Dataset supporting the University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis "An empirical and theoretical analysis of the investigation and punishment processes of corporate offending in the UK, 2008-2016". Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2799 ReadMe Author: Cem Ozdemir, University of Southampton ORCID ID 0000-0003-0515-0529 This dataset supports the thesis entitled "An empirical and theoretical analysis of the investigation and punishment processes of corporate offending in the UK, 2008-2016" AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton DATE OF AWARD: [2023] DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA The data covers the information related to the result of the investigation and punishment process of workplace deaths in the UK. The dataset is composed of 8 years period, 2008-2016. The dataset has been generated from published and unpublished sources such as HSE's record, and massive and local media sources related to work-related data. The type of file is Excel. Date of data collection: [2018-2023] Information about geographic location of data collection: The United Kingdom Licence: [CC BY] Date that the file was created: January, 2023