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That can vary a lot. At the least, they appoint (by voting or other means) the executive officers of the company, not the least of which is the CEO. They set the general parameters of the company, and guide the direction of it. That's a lot of power. As to duties, all Directors have various fiduciary duties no matter what, and these are prescribed by law. Additionally, the bylaws or regulations of the company - as well as it's original charter - may assign duties to the Directors. But as I said, it can vary a lot.
A number of circumstances which established the general maxim that directors primarily owe a duty to their company .
There is silent (or sleeping) director and there is shadow director.I'll give an example for each.Silent directors do not participate in the business much, and usually do not know a whole lot about what's going on. When other directors are negligent or breach their fiduciary duties, silent directors claim that because they were not concerned with the nature of the business and because they did not know what the other directors were doing, they should not be liable. Once upon a time, this may have worked. However, all directors, now, executive and non-executive (they have no employment contract) are expected to be continually informed (AWA v Daniels) participate in the company's affairs, acquire the appropriate information to make decisions and be aware of any major dilemmas : CBA v Friedrich. As such, silent directors are expected to know what's going, and will be liable for ignorance if there is a breach in fidiciary duties or neglgience.On the other hand, shadow directors are what parent companies (or other controlling companies) are reffered to when they control the board of directors of the subsidiary, either through financial or other influences: standard chartered bank v antico. In this case, the instructions provided by the parent to the subsidiary were followed without independent consideration and also, when conflifcint matters arose, the Board of the subsidiary voted in favour of the parent (holding company). As such, when a company is a shadow director, it will owe all the normal fidicary and statutory duties owed by normal directors, and will be liable if it breaches any of them!
Demetra Arsalidou has written: 'The impact of modern influences on the traditional duties of care, skill, and diligence of company directors' -- subject(s): Directors of corporations, Legal status, laws
A nominating committee is appointed by the board of directors to research and propose prospective members to the full board when there is a vacancy on the board of directors. No prospective board members shall be proposed unless approved by the nominating committee.
John Lowry has written: 'Able Ministers of the New Testament' 'Thef iduciary duties of directors' -- subject(s): Directors of corporations 'Burmese art' -- subject(s): Art, Burmese Art, Catalogs, Victoria and Albert Museum
His excellency Sh. Khalid Bin Abdulla Al Khalifa is the deputy prime minister of bahrain and he is on the EDB board of directors . Along with his duties as the deputy Prime Minister, he also keeps a keen eye on the economic development of Bahrain.
Ken Naumann is the new CEO of Ditech. He is also the President of the corporation. The board of directors appointed him and he assumed those duties on May 27, 2011.
A wedding director is similar to a wedding planner, but differ in one factor, who assures the big day goes down smoothly. The director coordinates the events such as the wedding and reception.
If you are speaking of one of the States of the United States of America, you are a citizen of that state and country. In return for protection, you are subject to their laws and owe duties and loyalty to them. As a voter you are considered a constituent.