Constructing an Employee Duty of Fidelity?
17 Pages Posted: 26 May 2016
Date Written: May 24, 2016
Abstract
What is the nature of the duty of fidelity? Is it just a confused replication of status fiduciary accountability or is it something more? One writer recently has argued that the duty of fidelity developed independently from fiduciary accountability and performs functions beyond the control of employee opportunism. That analysis is reviewed here. The historical arguments are found to be defective and the content claims opaque. We are left to wonder how the supposed duty uniquely regulates employee conduct.
Keywords: employee, duty of fidelity, fiduciary duty, status duty
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Flannigan, Robert, Constructing an Employee Duty of Fidelity? (May 24, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2784004 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2784004
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