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   "text": "For mutually beneficial long-term cooperation to thrive, contracts must be reviewable on the assumption of good faith from both parties when unintended consequences arise.",
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   "text": "DAO members owe each other duties of good faith, transparency and loyalty within the scope of the DAO Agreement, which imports fiduciary style obligations into a relationship that would otherwise be purely contractual.",
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   "text": "Where an external claim is brought against a DAO member for actions taken in good faith on behalf of the DAO and within its mandate, the DAO indemnifies that member out of the treasury, with no indemnification beyond the treasury and none where the member acted with gross negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith.",
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