CGOV.11:4.3 - Deliberate on the actual choice

Put the proposed act and its alternatives before the eligible participants. Let them question the material premises and explain disagreement. Distinguish uncertainty about the consequences from disagreement over acceptable consequences or corporate purpose.

Use adequate specialist work directly. Seek a further contribution when it answers a material unresolved question; a second opinion is not automatically better because it is second. PSD methods can help structure a difficult choice while the corporate participants retain their own judgement.

If the proposal changes during deliberation, check the changed scope against authority, notice, consent and information conditions. Approval of a lower amount, a trial or a different counterparty may be a different act from the one prepared. Reopen only the conditions the change affects.