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1. ''Law - negligence.''
The valuable operational choice available to the owner of a project or of a business, to expand it.


The legal duty of care is an obligation to take reasonable care to avoid causing damage to another party.
This is an example of a real option.
Other examples of real options include the options to contract, defer or abandon the given project or business.


The legal duty of care generally arises when it is reasonably foreseeable that an act or omission is likely to cause damage.
The range of other parties to whom the legal duty of care is owed depends on the relationship with them, and the circumstances.


== See also ==
* [[Real option]]


2.  ''Ethics''.
A similar and broader ethical obligation to take reasonable care in relation to potential harm to a wider group of parties, including ones to whom there may not necessarily be a legal obligation.
== See also ==
* [[Delict]]
* [[Duty]]
* [[Ethics]]
* [[Fiduciary duty]]
* [[Negligence]]
* [[Negligent misrepresentation]]
* [[Party]]
* [[Statutory duty]]
* [[Tort]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
=== Other resources ===
[[Category:The_business_context]]
* [[Media:2015_07_July_-_Hidden_treasure.pdf| Hidden treasure, The Treasurer, 2015]]

Revision as of 19:44, 20 November 2015

The valuable operational choice available to the owner of a project or of a business, to expand it.

This is an example of a real option. Other examples of real options include the options to contract, defer or abandon the given project or business.


See also


Other resources