THE DUTIES OF THE AGENTS TO PRINCIPAL The duties of an agent depend primarily on the contract of agency if there is one. Subject to any such express terms‚ the agent owes a number of implied duties or obligations to his principal. It is the agency relationship as such that gives rise to these obligations so that‚ as a general rule‚ they fall as much on the gratuitous agent as on the paid agent. 1. Obey the Principal’s instructions Section 164 states‚ The agent must obey the instructions given to
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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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DUTIES OF AGENT TO PPRINCIPAL Agent’s duty in conducting principal’s business 164. An agent is bound to conduct the business of his principal according to the directions given by the principal‚ or‚ in the absence of any such directions‚ according to the custom which prevails in doing business of the same kind at the place where the agent conducts the business. When the agent acts otherwise‚ if any loss be sustained‚ he must make it good to his principal‚ and‚ if any profit accrues‚ he must account
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and elaborate upon the duties that a principal owes to an agent. Answer: An agency is the creation of a contract entered into by mutual consent between a principal and an agent. By agency‚ a principal grants authority to an agent to act on behalf of and under the control of the principal. A principal owes certain contractual duties to his/her agent by an agent will serve the principal loyally and with obedient. The principal duties can be found in section
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Principal-agent problem is a particular game-theoretic description of a situation. There is a player called a principal‚ and one or more other players called agents with utility functions that are in some sense different from the principal’s. The principal can act more effectively through the agents than directly‚ and must construct incentive schemes to get them to behave at least partly according to the principal’s interests. The principal-agent problem is that of designing
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dimensions of the shareholder-principal conflict with manager-agents known as the principal-agent problem. To mitigate agency problems between senior executives and shareholders‚ should the compensation committee of the board devote more to executive salary and bonus (cash compensation) or more to long-term incentives? Why? What role does each type of pay play in motivating managers? There are several dimensions to the principal-agent conflict. Principal-Agent Relationships exist whenever
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Principal Agent Problem Running a business can be a tricky expenditure in today’s society. As we know a business can only be successful economically if they are bringing more money than they are putting out. Owners of businesses realize that positive economic profit is essential to the livelihood of their businesses. As with every business‚ employees are hired to do specific tasks that the owner assigns for them. However‚ with employees comes the responsibility of managing them. This is where a
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The Principal Agent-Theory as a base for the organization of company innovation process There are many settings in which one economic actor (the principal) delegates authority and/or responsibilities to an agent to act on his behalf. The primary reason for doing so is that the agent has an advantage in terms of expertise or information. This informational advantage‚ or information asymmetry‚ poses a problem for the principal—how can the principal be sure that the agent has in fact acted in her
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RIGHTS OF AGENT: Following are the rights of agent. (I) RIGHT OF REMMUNERATION: It is basic right of an agent. (II) RIGHT OF COMMISSION: He has also right of commission. (III) RIGHT OF LINE: An agent has right of line over goods until the payment in due is received by him. (IV) RIGHT TO RETAIN: An agent has right to retain goods‚ papers and other property until the amount due is paid. (V) RIGHT OF COMPENSATION: In case of injury caused to agent by the negligence of principal may be
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RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF AGENT UNDER THE LAW OF AGENCY Introduction The law of agency is based on the maxim “Qui facit per alium facit per se” i.e. he who does an act through another does it by himself. The concept of representative capacity is the totem of agency. In the hustle and bustle of everyday life it sometimes becomes impossible to do everything ourselves and hence it becomes necessary to employ people to perform our acts. The person employed is the agent and the contract by which
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