Abstract:
The most crucial key success factor of any business is the capability of management people which usually depends largely of experience and education. Unfortunately, very outstanding people of such qualifications are limited then it is granted by Thai commercial laws that a person who is in a board of management of one firm can be in a board of management of another firm unless there is evidence shown that another firm is operating the same business as the previous firm at any case or being an unlimited partner of another firm of the same business, except another firm is not a competitive firm to the previous firm of any business. Since the loss or damage of one firm may be because of unprofessional ethic issue of management people.From reviewing of past literature, it revealed that in Common Law country like England and United States of America, the authority and responsibility of board of management is defined in Memorandum of Association. Yet the management people have to follow the firm's regulations and decision of stockholders. Any actionmust be done honestly with most concern to the firm's interest and every loss or damage due to management decision is legally committed, the degree of responsibility is upon legal judgment.In Civil Law country like Japan, the board has been committed to professional ethic especially on honesty principle. Management people have to reveal all facts of action that may concern to the firm's interest. On the other hand, in Germany and France, legal commitment is more formally accepted. The firm is forced by laws to have a supervisory board to ensure that every action is accordant to shareholders' requirement and interest.Therefore, to prevent as well as to minimize the problem concerned to professional ethic issue of management people in Thailand, an integration of both theoretical and practical of different principles should be considered as a useful source of developing Thai commercial laws and regulations. For instance, the board may be enforced to reveal all certain facts that concerned to management to shareholders, management people can be in the different board of another firm only upon the consent of previous firm's shareholders and the initiation of supervisory board, etc.