Standard of conduct for directors

204.301 Standard of conduct for directors. (1) CONSIDERATION OF INTERESTS. (a) Notwithstanding ss. 180.0302 (15) and 180.0827, in discharging the duties of their respective positions, the board of directors, committees of the board, and individual directors of a benefit corporation, in considering the best interests of the benefit corporation, shall consider the effects of any action or inaction on all of the following: 1. The shareholders of the benefit corporation. 2. The employees and workforce of the benefit corporation and its subsidiaries and suppliers. 3. The interests of customers as beneficiaries of the general public benefit or specific public benefit purposes of the benefit corporation. 4. Community and societal factors, including those of any community in which offices or facilities of the benefit corporation or its subsidiaries or suppliers are located. 5. The local and global environment. 6. The short-term and long-term interests of the benefit corporation, including benefits that may accrue to the benefit corporation from its long-term plans and the possibility that these interests may be best served by the continued corporate independence of the benefit corporation. 7. The ability of the benefit corporation to accomplish its general public benefit purpose and any specific public benefit purpose. (b) Notwithstanding ss. 180.0302 (15) and 180.0827, in discharging the duties of their respective positions, the board of directors, committees of the board, and individual directors of a benefit corporation, in considering the best interests of the benefit corporation, may consider any of the following: