Directors' DutiesWhat a director must do, and to whom it is owed.Business & ManagementBroadly the UK Companies Act formulation; principles are similar elsewhere.The dutiesAct within powersPromote the success of the companyExercise independent judgementExercise reasonable care, skill and diligenceAvoid conflicts of interestNot accept benefits from third partiesDeclare interests in transactionsNoteOwed to the company itselfApply to shadow and de facto directors tooPersonal liability is possibleDuties shift toward creditors near insolvencyEducational reference. As insolvency approaches, the duty to promotesuccess is displaced by a duty to consider creditors.Directors' Dutieslearnposters.com
Directors' Duties — printable business wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Directors' Duties poster

11 entries in 2 groups.

Broadly the UK Companies Act formulation; principles are similar elsewhere.

Educational reference. As insolvency approaches, the duty to promote success is displaced by a duty to consider creditors.

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What’s on the Directors' Duties poster?
11 entries in 2 groups. Broadly the UK Companies Act formulation; principles are similar elsewhere. The duties: Act within powers, Promote the success of the company, Exercise independe…; Note: Owed to the company itself, Apply to shadow and de facto directors too, Persona…. Educational reference. As insolvency approaches, the duty to promote success is displaced by a duty to consider creditors.
Who is the Directors' Duties poster for?
Directors' Duties belongs to the Business & Management section rather than to a school year, because business is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning business law can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Directors' Duties poster?
Duties are owed to the company, not to the shareholders individually. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Directors' Duties belongs on the wall where that business work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Directors' Duties?
Insolvency, Agency and Insurable Risk sit alongside Directors' Duties in the Business & Management section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.InsolvencyAgencyInsurable Risk
Is the Directors' Duties poster free to download and print?
Yes. Directors' Duties downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Business & Management section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Directors' Duties poster print at?
Directors' Duties is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Directors' Duties loses nothing.Printing guide

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