Trust in the Boardroom

Do theories of trust and scepticism have relevance for the law concerning the collective and individual responsibilities of company directors? This article explores the links between theoretical aspects of trust and the ways in which company law constructs the individual and collective responsibilities of company directors. It brings together definitions of and approaches to trust that appear in other disciplines. It frames the relationship between directors and the company and gives a trust-based analysis of directors’ duties. Finally, it explores the trust or distrust that the law expects between directors. This analysis is important at a time when ‘trust’ is increasingly being used in discussions of corporate governance best practice

Business · Corporate governance · Corporate law · Distrust · Epistemology · Law and economics · Political science · Project commissioning · Public relations · Publishing · Relevance (law · Skepticism · Sociology · Corporate Insolvency and Governance · Corporate Law and Human Rights · Law · Legal principles and applications

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  Open Access•Richard Foley•Intellectual Trust in Oneself and…•2001

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• Organizational Responses to Crisis

  Aneil Mishra, Aneil K Mishra•Trust in Organizations•1996

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• New work attitude measures of trust, organizational commitment and personal need non‐fulfilment

  Open Access•John Cook, John D Cook et al.•Journal of Occupational Psychology•1980

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• Who Knows? Knowing Strangers and Strangerness

  Sara Ahmed•Australian Feminist Studies•2000

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• Trust and suspicion

  Open Access•Morton Deutsch•Journal of Conflict Resolution•1958

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