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Business Judgment Rule - úleva pro členy představenstva ?

Title in English Business Judgment Rule - Relief for the Board Members ?
Authors

POKORNÁ Jarmila

Year of publication 2010
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Firma a konkurenční prostředí, sekce Firma v právním a sociálním prostředí
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Law

Citation
Field Law sciences
Keywords Business judgment rule; directors and board's members; duties; responsability; due care; good faith; best interest of company
Description The paper deals with one of the elements of Corporate Governance, namely conditions of responsability of the board's members in business companies. It describes some of decisions of american courts and showes rules that have been developed for consideration of the manner i which the directors perform their duties. This rules, which are cold Business Judgment Rule, have been taken over by the German law and are one part of the Bill of joint-stock company. The principles consist in requirement to be independent and make decisions with due care and good faith.
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