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SERVING THE ORGANISATION: A DIRECTOR’S PLEDGE (2015-11-04)

Article by Terrance M. Booysen

One wonders how many people have misunderstood the meaning and the commitment they made when they uttered the words, “until death us do part”?

These words are mostly associated with special life-changing events such as the marriage between two people, or even when extraordinary acts of bravery may be required on the parts of one or many parties.  Events such as the sinking of the Titanic, or the Japanese “kamikaze” pilots would also come to mind when one ponders the incredible implication behind this pledge of service which is made between parties.  In the case of the World War II Japanese pilots, the commitment of death was pledged as a service of honour and victory.

Whilst physical death would not ordinarily be associated with directors accepting their appointments on a company’s board, one’s imagination could be stretched to comparing Japanese pilots and their commitment, as compared to the many so-called ‘directors’ of companies today?

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