LEGAL RULES

Legal Rules

Legal Rules Are Insufficient For Fulfilling One's Ethical Responsibilities

Q: Critically consider why legal rules are insufficient for fulfilling one's ethical responsibilities?

Introduction

The ethical responsibilities of non-profit directors are generally defined by the specific duties delegated to them by law and custom. Those are the duty of care, duty of care, and duty of obedience. From within each of these duties we can define the types of specific considerations and actions a non-profit board member should take to fulfill their ethical responsibilities as directors.

Discussion

The duty of care means that a director must be loyal exclusively to the ...