New Jersey § 14a:18-6

§ 14a:18-6.

a. 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 upon: (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 or specific public

benefit purposes of the benefit corporation; (4) community and societal considerations, 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; and (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 independence of the benefit

corporation; b. 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: (1) matters listed in subsection (2) of N.J.S.14A:6-1 ; and (2) any other pertinent factors or the interests of any other group that they deem

appropriate; and c. The board of directors, committees of the board and individual directors of a benefit

corporation shall not be required to give priority to the interests of any particular

person or group referred to in subsection a. or subsection b. of this section over

the interests of any other person or group unless the benefit corporation has stated

its intention to give priority to interests related to a specific public benefit purpose

identified in its certificate of incorporation. d. A director is not personally liable for monetary damages for failure of the benefit

corporation to create general or specific public benefits.