2006 TARIHLI BIRLEŞIK KRALLIK ŞIRKETLER KANUNU UYARINCA MÜDÜRÜN, ŞIRKETIN BAŞARILI BIR ŞEKILDE FAALIYET GÖSTERMESINDE TÜM İLGILILERIN MENFAATLERINI GÖZETMESI GÖREVININ KAPSAMI VE UYGULANABILIRLIĞININ DEĞERLENDIRILMESI

2006 tarihli İngiltere Şirketler Kanunu 172. maddesince düzenlenen şirketin bir bütün olarak başarılışekilde faaliyet göstermesinin sağlanması görevi müdürlerin özen borcunun güncel halidir. İlgili madde kurumsal karar alma sürecinde pay sahiplerinin menfaatlerine ve çıkarlarına daha fazla dikkat etmek için müdürler, pay sahipleri, işçiler, toplum ve faaliyet üzerinde çeşitli etkiler yaratmaktadır. Bazı akademisyenler maddenin, müdürün şirketin başarılı bir şekilde faaliyet göstermesini sağlama görevi ile benzer olduğunu; bazılarının ise eski maddenin güncellenmiş, değiştirilmiş, yeni ve modern hali olduğunu belirtmişlerdir. Bu sebeple şirketin başarılı bir şekilde faaliyet göstermesi, iyi niyet, ortakların bir bütün olarak menfaat sağlaması kavramlarının geniş bir şekilde yorumlanması gerekmektedir. Bu çalışma devletin açık bir şekilde pay sahiplerinin şirketteki menfaatlerini daha güçlü hale getirmesine ihtiyaç olduğu ve madde ile pay sahiplerinin çıkarlarının halen kanuna değil müdürlerin kararlarına bağlı olduğu görüşünü ileri sürmektedir.

‘THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 REQUIRES A DIRECTOR TO ‘PROMOTE THE SUCCESS OF THE COMPANY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS MEMBERS AS A WHOLE’ (SECTION 172). CRITICALLY ANALYSE THE SCOPE AND IMPACT OF THIS SECTION.’

The duty to promote the success of the company for the benefit of its members as a whole is the modernversion of the duty of loyalties owed by directors, which is codified in 2006 under section 172 of TheCompany Act. The section makes various impacts on the directors, shareholders, stakeholders, employees,the community and the business in relation to paying more attention to stakeholders’ interests and benefitsduring corporate decision-making process.Some academicians state that the section has same approach regarding the ‘promote the success of thecompany’; however, others state the section is the modern, new, or modified version of the pre-existinglaw. Therefore ‘the company’s success’, ‘good faith’, ‘benefit members as a whole’ are needed to beevaluated in a wide range.The proposal put forward an idea is that adequately determines the necessity of the Government tostrengthen the protection of stakeholders’ interests in companies and still the interests of shareholders areleft wholly to the discretion of directors not to any acts.

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