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Usenet Posted 21 years ago
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Fetter one's discretion

What does:
"..The director of Enron had many duties.. and a duty not to fetter one's discretion"
mean?
Is it not to restrict someones freedom to act on one's own?
  

Top answer

The director of Enron had many duties.. and a duty not to fetter one's discretion" mean? [/nq] Not to restrict one's ability to decide for oneself, by me.

  • The director of Enron had many duties..
  • and a duty not to fetter one's discretion" mean?
  • [/nq] Not to restrict one's ability to decide for oneself, by me.
  • CDB
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[nq:1]What does: "..The director of Enron had many duties.. and a duty not to fetter one's discretion" mean? Is it not to restrict someones freedom to act on one's own?[/nq]
Not to restrict one's ability to decide for oneself, by me. CDB
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[nq:1]What does: "..The director of Enron had many duties.. and a duty not to fetter one's discretion" mean?[/nq]
This is a highly suspicious proposition, so far as it purports to specify the duties of a company director, presumably in ways (a) not found in the company charter, (b) not found elsewhere in the conventions and common practice of the US business community. Because of this suspicio

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