Boards should ban the use of BlackBerries, iPhones and all other e-mail-enabled wireless devices in their meetings. The distractions they create are undoubtedly contributing to bad decisions. This, of course, is true in meetings all across organisations. But in the case of corporate directors, failing to ban such devices may, in principle, represent a breach of their fiduciary duties to shareholders.
董事会开会时应禁止使用黑莓(BlackBerry)、iPhone和其它所有带有电子邮件功能的无线设备。这类设备会造成注意力分散,这无疑会导致董事会做出错误决策。当然,这种情况在各类组织的会议中普遍存在。但就公司董事而言,不禁用这类设备可能在原则上违背了他们对股东负有的受托责任。
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