独立董事勤勉义务相关问题探究

Exploring Issues Related to the Duty of Diligence of Independent Directors

独立董事制度从国外引入到我国以来,在完善公司的自治水平、维护股东全体利益以及稳固公司的发展上都起到了至关重要的作用,随着国家不断支持企业的发展,以及新时代经济发展的需要,企业内部也越来越重视营商环境,在针对公司合规性的各种规范性文件中,也体现出对董事相关职责的规定。但是在这个过程中也不难发现其中的问题,《公司法》和《证券法》都规定了独立董事的勤勉义务,但是确没有详细进行列举,仅仅是原则性的指导不足以了解此制度,关于其适用标准一直未有一个明确的、统一的适用标准,很多案例中相同情况法官的认定存在差异,在是否属于免责事由的判断上也存在模糊规定,导致独立董事承担较重的责任。因此,本文通过对理论研究与实务中的案例分析,发现制度中存在的问题,在这样的制度背景下试图去寻求合适的认定标准。

Since the introduction of independent director system from abroad to our country, in perfecting the company's autonomy level, maintain the interests of the shareholders and the development of the company, as the country support the development of the enterprise, and the needs of the new era of economic development, enterprise internal also pay more and more attention to the business environment, in the company compliance of various regulatory documents, also reflects the director related responsibilities. But in the process is not difficult to find the problems, the company law and the securities law stipulates the independent directors, but not detailed list, only the principle of guidance is not enough to understand the system, about the applicable standard has not been a clear, unified standard, many cases the same judge that the differences, in whether belongs to liability for judgment also exist fuzzy rules, lead to the independent director heavier responsibility. Therefore, through the case analysis of theoretical research and cases in practice, this paper finds out the problems existing in the system, and tries to seek suitable identification standards under such a system background.