Sentences with phrase «society serves the public interest»

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Inasmuch as the essence of rulers and government is rule - setting, deregulation represents an undoing of public power in society's broad interests, on the ground that public power is inherently corrupt and run in the bureaucracy's narrowly self - serving interest.

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Christians, as citizens, have an obligation to exert whatever influence they can to ensure that the mass media in our society operate to serve the public good rather than merely commercial interests or those of individuals.

The mission of the Sports & Society Program is to convene leaders, foster dialogue, and inspire solutions that help sport serve the public interest, with a focus on the development of healthy children and communities.

He founded the Aspen Institute's Sports & Society Program, the mission of which is to convene leaders, facilitate dialogue and inspire solutions that help sport serve the public interest.

With respect to the adequacy of the relief secured by the decree, the court's function is «not to determine whether the proposed [d] ecree results in the balance of rights and liabilities that is the one that will best serve society, but only to ensure that the resulting settlement is within the reaches of the public interest.»

An association of law student societies came out in favour of ABS: «[W] e conclude that ABS provides an opportunity for an old profession to renew its service coverage and efficiency, and bolster its statutory obligation to serve the public interest....

In other words, if ABS + is the only approach which justifies the law society's mandate to serve the public interest, then all of the profession's concerns can theoretically be protected through proper regulation and an explicit focus on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

In order to understand and properly protect and promote the public interest, the Society shows leadership by promoting a diverse and inclusive legal profession that is representative of the full spectrum of the public it serves.

While in law school, she served as Treasurer of the Public Interest Legal Society and also worked as a law clerk with the firm during the summers of 2013 and 2014.

First, I'll say simply that I believe there's no justification for the monopoly granted to the law societies because there's no quid pro quo, no requirement to serve the public interest at all.

But the reality is that the law societies too serve the interests of the profession, not the public interest.

Law societies don't serve the public interest as long as they don't try to solve «the unaffordable legal services problem.»

It serves the public interest to ensure that members of the Law Society abide by its directions and regulations.

Bringing different perspectives to governance serves the public interest because it grows capacity from under - represented groups within the leadership of law societies.

I wouldn't remark on the co-location if I believed the law societies were in fact serving the public interest.

«Our role at the Law Society is to act in the public interest and serve the public, which means we need to be more visible and establish ourselves as the place to turn for legal help and information,» said Law Society Treasurer Paul Schabas.

He previously served on the board of Appleseed Foundation, a nonprofit network of 17 public interest justice centers in the United States and Mexico dedicated to building a society in which opportunities are genuine, access to the law is universal and equal, and government advances the public interest.

Since 2014, Travis has served as Public Affairs Coordinator on the Executive Board of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST), and was the chair of ISST's Schema Couples Therapy Special Interest Group (2014 - 2017) and Committee (2016 - 2017).