英美法上的公司机会理论

Theories on Corporate Opportunity in American Laws and British Laws

英美法上的公司机会理论是英美公司法关于董事忠实义务的重要规则,其禁止公司董事利用属于公司财产的公司机会。公司董事作为公司的委托人或受信人,对公司负有忠实义务,该义务要求董事正当行使董事职权,不得与公司发生利益冲突。而董事利用本应属于公司的机会,则是与公司发生了利益冲突,董事应根据忠实义务规则承担责任。

The theories on corperate opportunity in American laws and British laws are important rules of the corporate laws in Americ and Britain on the directors loyalty duty.The director's duty of loyalty demands the director to exert his power bona fide for the most interest of the corporation and not to conflict his interest with the interest of the corporation.Corporate opportunity theory consists of a series of rules. The criterion of justifying a chance belonging to the corporation or to the director has three types,i.e.,the standard of interest or expectancy the standard of business field and the standard of impariality.When the corporation refuses to make use of the chance,the director can avail himself of the chance,if the director has the approval of the cor-poration.