# kaal:claim:kaal-2013-acomparativeperspectiveo-004

**Claim.** Because directors serve part-time as outsiders, it is unreasonable to expect them to have the knowledge, capacity, and expertise needed to monitor effectively the business affairs of large and increasingly complex corporations.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- large and complex modern corporations
- outside directors serving part time

**Source quote.**

> that, because directors serve part-time as outsiders, it may be unreasonable to expect directors to have the knowledge, capacity, and expertise to "effectively monitor the

**From.** Kaal, *A Comparative Perspective on the Limitations of the Duty of Oversight – A Comment on Lisa Fairfax* (2013), Introduction, page 4

**Cite as.** Kaal, A Comparative Perspective on the Limitations of the Duty of Oversight – A Comment on Lisa Fairfax (2013)

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**Failure mode.** capacity limits of part-time outside directors  (family: board-and-oversight-failure)

**Topics.** corporate-governance

**Keywords.** director-capacity, duty-of-oversight, board-composition, corporate-complexity

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