Treuepflicht

== German == === Etymology === Treue (“loyalty/faith”) +‎ Pflicht (“duty/obligation”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtʁɔɪ̯əˌp͡flɪçt] Hyphenation: Treue‧pflicht === Noun === Treuepflicht f (genitive Treuepflicht, plural Treuepflichten) (finance, law) fiduciary duty, duty of loyalty (a legal or ethical relationship of trust between two or more parties, specifically the obligation of a manager to act in the best interest of the client) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Fiduziarische Pflicht (fiduciary duty; technical term) Loyalitätspflicht (duty of loyalty) ==== Antonyms ==== Eigennutz (self-interest) Interessenkollision (conflict of interest) ==== Hypernyms ==== Rechtspflicht (legal obligation) Verhaltensnorm (norm of conduct) ==== Coordinate terms ==== Ermessensfreiheit (the scope of action that is governed by the fiduciary duty) Offenlegungspflicht (duty of disclosure; often a tool to ensure loyalty) Sorgfaltspflicht (duty of care; the technical counterpart to the ethical loyalty) Vermögensverwaltung (discretionary management; the typical area of application) ==== Related terms ==== treuhänderisch (fiduciary/trustee-like) pflichtbewusst (dutiful) === References === “Treuepflicht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Treuepflicht” in Duden online