Taking Action: A Ethical and Legal Duty to Warn and Protect Third Parties Stephanie Y. Symonette Texas Southern University Psychology 730‚ Ethical and Legal Issues in Mental Health July 13‚ 2010 Abstract The duty to warn refers to the responsibility of a counselor or therapist to breach confidentiality if a client or other identifiable person is in clear or imminent danger. The duty to protect is a counselor’s duty to reveal confidential client information
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One of the duties that company directors need to comply with is fiduciary duties. This is so as company directors are said to be in a fiduciary relationship with the company. When directors are in a fiduciary relationship with the company‚ they are prohibited from doing any acts deemed prejudicial to the company. In other words‚ by applying the judgment in Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corpn‚ directors cannot and should not use his position to receive personal gains. The traditional
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|Directors Duties and the notion of True and Fair. | After the failure of ABC Learning’s‚ Centro Properties and Hastie Group many companies and their accounts came under scrutiny. The collapses of these high profile company’s had a weighty effect on creditors‚ customers‚ employees‚ government and other stakeholders. The questions raised in each of these cases‚ is to what extent is it the director’s duty to ensure that
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Introduction Today‚ a company secretary has an increasingly important role in the area of corporate governance and must therefore be pro-active in satisfying his/her duties and responsibilities under the Corporations Act 2001. Therefore‚ the purpose of this essay is to conduct a research on the role and legal institution of a company secretary based on Australian corporate law. It’s a legal structure currently involves a national statute named as the Corporations Act 2001 which managed by a national
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corporate governance among different countries is may be unitary or dual board on the country. In the UK and the USA‚ a unitary board of directors in the form of board structure‚ characterized by one single board comprising executive and non-executive directors. (Aguilera‚ 2003) It is responsible for all aspects of the activities of the corporation. A dual board of directors is including a supervisory board and executive board of management. Nevertheless‚ there is an accurate separation between the functions
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If the board of directors have been more involved then I think maybe they would have caught on that there were fraudulent and unethical activities happening. However‚ since they were not proactive they were not able to stop the misbehavior from the company’s employees. The board of directors were to be held with as much fault as the culpants. The tax evasion‚ inflated profits‚ commingling of assets was illegal and the unauthorized bonuses that they were handing out were not authorized‚ but they still
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1. Duty to follow principal’s directions or customs (Sec. 211): The first duty of every agent is to act within the scope of the authority conferred upon him and perform the agency work according to the directions given by the principal. When the agent acts otherwise‚ if any loss be sustained‚ he must make it good to the principal‚ and if any profit accrues‚ he must account for it. Illustrations: (a) Where the principal instructed the agent to warehouse the goods at a particular place
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LEVEL 3 How to write a Film Review Credits (first page only): Title‚ year‚ genre‚ director‚ (screenwriter)‚ music or soundtrack‚ main actors. Credits: Summary of the plot (synopsis): Only a brief summary of the film‚ around ½ to ¾ page. Make sure that your summary makes sense to a reader who does not know the movie. Do not refer to specific scenes and do not try to explain everything. You must also include the following items‚ but not as different parts (they should be included
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Role of independent director in corporate governance Contents INTRODUCTION “Corporate Governance is the system by which companies are directed and controlled.”1 Corporate governance is integral to the existence of a company. It inspires and strengthens investor confidence by ensuring company’s commitment to higher growth and profits. The overall objectives of governance should be to maximize long term value and shareholders’ wealth
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Negligence‚ duty and Breach of Duty. To constitute a legal action against some one’s negligence‚ several requirements to be fulfilled. First one is that there must exist some duty of care towards the plaintiff by the defendant. The second one is that the defendant should breach such duty of care imposed on him. The third one is that the negligence done by the defendant should be the cause of the harm resulted to the plaintiff. The fourth one is that the harm should have some monetary value.
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