‘The director of a company owes a fiduciary duty to the company’. Do you agree with this statement? Introduction A company is a distinct legal entity created by statute. Companies have many of the same legal rights and obligations as do individuals. They can own and sell property‚ they can hold profits or acquire debts‚ they can enter into contracts and sue or be sued‚ and governments can tax them. Companies are advantageous primarily because they become legal entities that are separate and
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Moral Duty of Care 1 MORAL DUTY OF CARE Moral Duty of Care 2 There are so many challenges when dealing with a sick loved one. But it can even more difficult when they are unable to speak for themselves‚ uninsured
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is through the doctrine of the duty of care.Essentially‚this is a legal concept which dictates the circumstances in which one party will be liable to another in negligence.Breach of a duty of care essentially means that the defendant has fallen below the standard of behavior expected in someone undertaking the activity concerned ‚so for example‚ driving carelessly is a breach of the duty owed to the road users‚while bad medical treatment may be breach of the duty owed by doctors to patients.In each
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Responsibility and duty is a heavy theme throughout this book‚ highlighting specifically on the responsibility revolving around family. Where in America‚ there is always a sense of duty to your family‚ there is always more to be striving for: a better job‚ more friends‚ a bigger house. In Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ the emphasis is on Indian families and the duty that them‚ and their children carry. Lahiri wants to show how the responsibility of an Indian family is generational‚ and each
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Suppose that party X is entering a contract involving the purchase of some goods with party Y and party X is well aware with some information on the goods in which party Y has no knowledge at all. The information on the goods may contain certain material facts in this situation in which it will either alter or trigger the final decision of party Y to either proceed with the contract or not. Does party X has the duty to disclose the material facts to party Y? To what extent and in what circumstances
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Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?” (Act 1) Torvald does not like when she spends his money because he will not begin his new job position at the bank yet till next year. Torvald also likes to control what Nora eats he dislikes when she eats her favorite sweet which is macaroons. But Nora is not all sweet and innocent either. She has been lying to her husband about the money she had
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Defying Domestic Duties During the Victorian period‚ society was upheld by rigid social and moral values‚ with ideal forms of masculine and feminine behavior. Moral respectability and domesticity were important ideologies of feminine behavior. The woman’s mission was that of a supportive wife and caring mother and her domestic role was seen as an important and essential part of society. However‚ Kate Chopin’s main character‚ Edna Pontellier‚ in her novel‚ The Awakening (1899) and Jane Campion and
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has the right to retire from the firm; 9. If a partner incurs expense on the business or he pays some money on behalf of the firm‚ that partner may get indemnified of these payments from the firm. Duties and obligations of partners: Along with the above rights‚ a partner also has some duties towards partnership and they are: • To devote time and attention to the business of the partnership; • To carry on the business diligently and with the greatest common advantage; • Not to engage in
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that of a male one. A couple should try to become matured and responsible parent as a part of their social duty. In this affair they should not think about whether it would be a boy or a girl. A child is enough to bring them parenthood. The approach should be Kantian. According to Kant one should perform one’s duty‚ whatever consequences may follow. Kant has said one should do his/her ‘duty for the duty’s
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Breaking up is hard to do – Separating Sand & Salt Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to separate a mixture of sand and salt. Materials: Small beaker Electric balance Sand Salt Water Graduated cylinder Stirring rod Filter paper Flask Rubber policeman Wash bottle Funnel Bunsen burner complete with rubber tubing and a source of gas Hot hands Insulator pad Ring stand complete with a ring Wire gauze Striker Pre-lab Questions: 1. Water will be useful in separating the salt and sand because
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