Case Study: Ward Breach The Duty Of Loyalty

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Ward did breach the duty of loyalty because the duty of loyalty is the duty to put the principal first before others and oneself. During his time working for the principal, Ward came up with a design for the new product he was creating and wanted to get it patent. Ward put himself before the principal, he wanted to make a product that would give him money and none to the principal. He created the design during the time, he worked for the principal and was going to create it after he resigned from Taser. He could have prevented a breach of duty, if he did his job and did not create his product during his time served with the principal. He also could have created the product once he resigned from