董事信义义务中善意义务的性质与体系定位

The Nature and Systematic Positioning of the Duty of Good Faith in Directors'Fiduciary Obligations

在公司法修改的趋势下,我国公司治理理念发生了转向--从股东会中心主义转向董事会中心主义,董事会的权力逐渐扩大,董事信义义务的重要性逐渐提高。我国的董事信义义务是对英美法系的董事信义义务的法律移植,因此,英美法系的董事信义义务的立法和司法实践值得我国参考。英美法系的董事信义义务包括注意义务和忠实义务,随后善意义务的概念被提出。在美国理论和实践中,善意义务存在多方面的争议。比较、分析善意义务性质,以及善意义务、注意义务和忠实义务之间的体系关系,对我国公司法有所助益。

Under the trend of company law revision,the concept of corporate governance in China has shifted from shareholders'meeting centrism to board centrism,the power of the board of directors has gradually expanded,and the importance of directors'fiduciary duty has gradually increased.The directors'fiduciary duty in China is mainly a legal transplantation of the directors'fiduciary duty in the common law system,therefore,the legislation and judicial practice of the directors'fiduciary duty in the common law system are worthy of our reference.The directors'fi‐duciary duties in the common law system include the duty of care and the duty of fidelity,and then the concept of duty of good faith was introduced.In the U.S.theory and practice,the duty of good faith is controversial in many aspects.The comparison and analysis of the nature of the duty of good faith and the systematic relationship between the duty of good faith,the duty of care and the duty of fidelity will be useful to our company law.