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The stakeholder debate and directors' fiduciary duties Esser, I. and du Plessis, JJ 2007, The stakeholder debate and directors' fiduciary duties, SA mercantile law journal, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 346-362. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads duplessis-stakeholderdebateand-2007.pdf Published version application/pdf 4.41MB 301 Title The stakeholder debate and directors' fiduciary duties Author(s) Esser, I. du Plessis, JJ Journal name SA mercantile law journal Volume number 19 Issue number 3 Start page 346 End page 362 Publisher University of South Africa Place of publication Capetown, South Africa Publication date 2007 ISSN 1015-0099 Keyword(s) Commercial law -- South Africa Summary It is usually said that a company is a legal entity separate from its management and shareholders and that the business and affairs of a company must be managed by or under the direction of its board. This implies various duties and responsibilities for directors.<br>Directors' duties traditionally include onerous fiduciary duties and obligations of care, skill and diligence in terms of the common law, various statutory provisions in the Companies Act 61 of 1973 requiring certain things of directors or preventing them from doing certain things (see, eg, ss 221-227 and 234-246 of the Act), and possible duties imposed by the articles of association or even separate agreements between directors and their companies. Language eng Field of Research 180109 Corporations and Associations Law HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2007, University of South Africa Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30007411 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Law Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 29 Sep 2008, 08:51:48 EST Mon, 16 Mar 2009, 12:45:43 EST Tue, 16 Jun 2009, 17:19:10 EST Fri, 02 Oct 2009, 10:15:19 EST Fri, 02 Oct 2009, 10:18:23 EST Tue, 23 Aug 2011, 17:44:06 EST Wed, 24 Aug 2011, 08:58:07 EST Wed, 24 Aug 2011, 09:02:08 EST Wed, 24 Aug 2011, 09:03:50 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 802 Abstract Views, 302 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 29 Sep 2008, 08:51:48 EST

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