濒临破产公司董事信义义务的扩张  

Expansion of Fiduciary Duty of Directors of Distressed Corporations

作　　者：高泓 GAO Hong

机构地区：[1]中国人民大学 [2]中国人民大学破产法研究中心

出　　处：《法治研究》2023年第6期137-148,共12页Research on Rule of Law

摘　　要：当公司濒临破产时,债权人应扩展为公司董事信义义务的对象。此时,董事应当积极履行信义义务,采取多样化的拯救方法帮助公司摆脱濒临破产的困境。这些方法包括咨询专家、庭外重组、预重整或者申请破产保护等。若公司董事未尽责履行信义义务造成债权人利益的损失,应当承担相应的民事赔偿责任。该民事赔偿责任可以根据董事的过错程度进行裁量。与此同时,要对董事的赔偿责任予以一定的限制,董事可以基于商业判断原则、安全港原则和合理勤勉等提出抗辩。When the state of the corporation changes from normal operation to the vicinity insolvency,creditors will be extended to the object of fiduciary duty of company directors.Therefore,the directors should actively fulfill their fiduciary duties and adopt diversified rescue methods to help the corporation get rid of the predicament of bankruptcy.These include consulting experts,out-of-court restructuring,pre-negotiated·reorganization and filing for bankruptcy protection and so on.If the directors of the corporation fail to fulfill their fiduciary duties and cause the loss of the interests of creditors,they shall bear the corresponding civil liability for compensation.The civil liability may be delimited according to the degree of fault of the director.At the same time,the compensation liability of directors should be limited to some extent,and the directors should be given certain defense reasons,such as the business judgement rule,the safe harbor principle,and the reasonable diligence defense rule.

关 键 词：信义义务 债权人保护 董事责任 濒临破产 

分 类 号：D922.291.92[政治法律—经济法学]