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Yönetim Kurulu Krizleri ve Çözüm Yolları
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2021) Metin, Umut; Hamamcıoğlu, Esra
Board of Directors may face various disputes or disagreements. These disputes or disagreements may turn into crises which negatively affect the normal functioning of the board. As the crisis deepens, Board of Directors could have difficulties in fulfilling its function. Moreover, a step further from the crisis, Board of Directors might even be locked up. Conflicts of interest among shareholders are known as the most common cause of the board of directors crisis and/or deadlock. In event of a deadlock, Board of Directors, a body should always be able to function, cannot hold meetings or make decisions anymore. The deadlock of board of directors, may lead the entire company to be locked down whereas the company may encounter the possibility of dissolution and liquidation. At this point, unlocking the crisis as quickly as possible is vital for relevant competent persons of the company. Therefore, measures should be taken in the company's articles of association against Board of Director crisis and/or deadlock. One-person Board of Directors model and support of Advisory Board to Board of Directors is the model we recommend against the risk of locking. Legal texts such as shareholder agreements and family constitutions for family companies should include measures regarding deadlock. If a deadlock has occurred in spite of precautions, first of all, Board of Directors and internal remedies should be implemented. If such methods are not sufficient enough, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods should be regarded as the first stage of external intervention. Effective and rapid solutions can be achieved against deadlocks via mediation. "Med-arb" or "Arb-med" could be also utilised. Arbitration is also a way and in this way; "expedited (fast-track) arbitration" procedure is more suitable for corporate deadlocks. Litigation, as the last possibility that we propose, could also be applied to unlock or even break the lock, since it contains the risk of dissolution and liquidation of company in some cases. In courts, termination action based on the absence of organs and especially termination of the company with a valid reason are the types of cases that may provide a solution. Especially termination of the company with a valid reason is more suitable for crisis and deadlocks, and also grants strategic results. In addition to these, it has been questioned in this study whether Board of directors possibly benefit from artificial intelligence in the operations and whether AI can be attributed a person-status as a member of Board of Directors. The effects of this issue on the responsibility of the members of Board of Directors have been analysed.