2012 Revised Code of Washington
Title 23B - WASHINGTON BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT
23B.25 Social purpose corporations.
23B.25.050 Duties of director -- Standards -- Liabilities.

RCW 23B.25.050 Duties of director — Standards — Liabilities.

(1) A director of a social purpose corporation shall discharge the duties of a director, including duties as a member of any committee of the board upon which the director may serve, in good faith, with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, and in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation in accordance with RCW 23B.08.300.

     (2) Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, in discharging his or her duties as a director, the director of a social purpose corporation may consider and give weight to one or more of the social purposes of the corporation as the director deems relevant.

     (3) Any action taken as a director of a social purpose corporation, or any failure to take any action, that the director reasonably believes is intended to promote one or more of the social purposes of the corporation shall be deemed to be in the best interests of the corporation.

     (4) A director of a social purpose corporation is not liable for any action taken as a director, or any failure to take any action, if the director performed the duties of the director's office in compliance with this section.

     (5) Nothing in this chapter creates any liability or grants any right in or for any person or any cause of action by or for any person, and a director shall not be responsible to any party other than the corporation and its shareholders.

     (6) Nothing in this chapter alters the general standards for any director of a corporation that is not a social purpose corporation.

[2012 c 215 § 6.]