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1. ''Law - negligence.''
A desire to hold money in liquid form, for example cash or bonds.  


The legal duty of care is an obligation to take reasonable care to avoid causing damage to another party.
This may be due to the transactions motive, the precautions motive or the speculative motive.
 
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.
 
 
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 ==
== See also ==
* [[Delict]]
* [[Precautions motive]]
* [[Duty]]
* [[Speculative motive]]
* [[Ethics]]
* [[Transactions motive]]
* [[Fiduciary duty]]
* [[Negligence]]
* [[Negligent misrepresentation]]
* [[Party]]
* [[Statutory duty]]
* [[Tort]]
 
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Ethics]]

Revision as of 11:12, 22 August 2013

A desire to hold money in liquid form, for example cash or bonds.

This may be due to the transactions motive, the precautions motive or the speculative motive.


See also