Fiduciary duty
A legally enforceable duty of trust. An agent's fiduciary duty under the Uniform Power of Attorney Act includes acting in good faith, acting within the granted scope of authority, acting loyally in the principal's interest, keeping records, and exercising ordinary care.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 4 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Senior AI Scam Defense.
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
The legal standard requiring a licensed professional, such as an attorney or a financial advisor operating under a fiduciary standard, to act in their client's best interest. This is a real and enforceable standard distinct from, and considerably broader than, the CSFDP duty of care, which is bounded by this program's own defined scope.
A duty owed by a person who acts on behalf of another, requiring loyalty and care. In corporate governance it is not one duty but several, and naming which one is engaged is the first analytical step in any allegation.
A legally enforceable duty of trust. An agent's fiduciary duty under the Uniform Power of Attorney Act includes acting in good faith, acting within the granted scope of authority, acting loyally in the principal's interest, keeping records, and exercising ordinary care.
A legal and ethical obligation to act in another person's best interest, keep their money separate from your own, and be able to account for what you did with it if asked; the duty shared by all four roles the CFPB's Managing Someone Else's Money guides cover.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Governance principles and corporate governance foundations · Enterprise Governance, Strategy, and Decision Rights, Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP)
- Power of attorney: what it gives away and what it does not · The Trusted Person, Senior AI Scam Defense
- How to Be a Trustworthy Helper: The Page You Give Your Family · The Trusted Person, Senior AI Scam Defense
- Scope of Practice, Liability, and Marketing Ethics · CSFDP: Teaching, Ethics, and the Practicum, Senior AI Scam Defense
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where Fiduciary duty starts. The lessons above teach it inside the competencies below, which are what job descriptions ask for and what the GAGE credential records. Every link here is drawn from the same careers map that builds a role's readiness check.
Designs safeguards, family protocols and reporting paths for older adults, minors and people who cannot challenge an automated outcome.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Roles that hire for it
Each role page shows the full competency set, what the seat decides, and a readiness check against your own evidence.
- Ethical AI Specialistneeds working knowledge · 5 open postings this week
How job descriptions say it
Postings rarely use the textbook word. These are the phrases the careers map reads as asking for the competencies above.
Where the frameworks place it: Elder Justice Act; EU AI Act Article 5 vulnerability prohibitions.
One interview question about it
How do you protect people who cannot easily protect themselves from AI-driven scams and harm, without treating them as helpless?
Asked of candidates for protecting vulnerable people from ai harm. Answering it in your own words is exactly how a GAGE topic is passed, and the credential records the pass where an employer can check it.
If you come from another field
Some backgrounds already carry this competency, and the readiness check gives credit for it.
- Elder services, social work, banking front line and fraud teams carries it as a claim to back up: Safeguarding vulnerable people is the profession.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.