Noun
duty of care (plural duties of care)
(law) A legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others.
Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children. Michael Morpurgo
Duty of care owed by UK ship agent to Bangladeshi worker? Source: Internet