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To: Administration

From: Legal Department

Date: 2/8/2017

Subject: Legal liable based Drivers misconduct.

There is an obligation for agencies to solely act and represent their principals. The best interest of the principal is paramount. The agency is expected to act skillfully and with due diligence in order to attain the goal of the principal. It is a must that the agency has no conflict of interest with the principal. There can be breaches of fiduciary obligation in this stance ("Obligations Of An Agent | Commercial Agent | Myerson Solicitors"). Confidentiality is a key aspect in agency principal relationship and therefore there should be non-disclosure of clientele information to third party without their approval. The agency must not make secret profits without the knowledge of the principal ("Duties Between Agent And Principal"). Finally the agency must ensure that there is accountability and not to delegate. In that regards there is need for agencies to be careful and skillful when dealing with principals.

Liability will accrue in the instance that Uber’s drivers fail to adhere to the required standard of diligence expected by customers. First, the issue of the standard of care that the driver must exercise when they are operating the vehicles is of major essence since it can result in accidents. There must be an elaborate stance that drivers do drive with reasonable care for the clients’ safety and that of their own because the company can held liable if the driver drives negligently (Puerto, Jake).

Second is the issue of confidentiality is crucial and there must be a clear indication that incase the clients information leaks to the public the agency might be held liable if the clients information leaks to the wrong hands (Puerto, Jake). Clients’ information should be kept safe at all times so as to avoid fraudulent activities which occur and make the company liable for any loss incurred as a result.

Liability can only be reduced though the implementation of regulatory status that stipulates the necessary actions to be taken by drivers. Bringing up regulations to govern ways in which the drivers carry their business will go a long way in ensuring that there is mandatory compliance of the set rules to the later, failure to which the driver will face punitive actions like suspensions or even total ban from the company. The policies should comprise of the ways in which they are to be observant on roads in order to avoid accidents and also the need to have the clients; information in confidence. The policies will enhance functionality and due diligence which will in turn prevent the probable liability.

Work Cited

"Duties between Agent and Principal." Saylordotorg.Github.Io, 2017, https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_law-for-entrepreneurs/s23-02-duties-between-agent-and-princ.html.

"Obligations of an Agent | Commercial Agent | Myerson Solicitors." Myerson.Co.Uk, 2017, https://www.myerson.co.uk/business-services/commercial-agency/obligations-of-an-agent/.

 Puerto, Jake. "Obligations of the Principal In A Contract Of Agency." Business Law, 2017, http://businesslaw.ph/117/obligations-of-the-principal-in-a-contract-of-agency/.