Sentences with phrase «as a duty not»

«Cultural issues that affect the quality of life and service for our airmen,» such as duties not related to flying and difficulties maintaining work - life balance, also appear to have driven fliers away, Grosso said.

We owe it as a duty not only to this present National Assembly but also those to precede it, that the legislative process is purged of this dirt and the legislature restored to its full place of dignity.

Not exact matches

Translation scholar Peter Newmark explains that the translator has a duty to be faithful to the speaker or writer only in as far as their words do not conflict with material and moral facts as known - and they can express dissent if the text is likely to mislead the receiving audience.

While the board clearly has a duty to protect its employees from legitimately harmful treatment — for instance the rule bars any statements or behaviour that is threatening or violent — the rule also restricts actions it deems «annoying,» and occupants have interpreted the board's wide - ranging ban on complaints as sending a message to them: don't bother us, we're not interested.

Recognize that not all duties can be outsourced, and that choosing who to recruit or what to automate can be optimized as new technology and ideas come along.

What we in the West definitely don't know is the current location of Bo or Wang, what repercussions will be felt by Bo's powerful allies in politics, business and the military (the Financial Times reported May 14 that Bo's mentor and standing committee member Zhou Yongkang had been relieved of his duties as head of China's police, courts and spy apparatus), and who is going to lead China for the next 10 years, let alone what their policy leanings may be.

When Trump announced in December that Icahn would be a special adviser, Trump made clear he would «not be serving as a federal employee or a Special Government Employee and will not have any specific duties.»

The key here is not to be seen as the only person capable of performing the necessary duties in the position that you want to move on from.

Likewise do not miss a scheduled follow - up as this may imply to the person working on the task that the duty is of lesser importance and, accordingly, may miss milestones or not perform the tasks in accordance with the written instructions.

You know, I've had people say, «Don't get too close to your employees,» because if you connect in a deep way, it makes it very difficult to exercise your duties as the leader of the business.

And when we think someone has violated a conflict of interest rule it's not necessarily because we think he or she has made an improper decision, but rather that we think he or she has failed to keep personal business and official duties separate, and that as a result we can not be sure about what factors may have influenced that decision.

When she became pregnant and a midwife instructed her not to lift packages over 20 pounds, Young asked to return to UPS to do either light duty or her regular job as a truck driver, which seldom required her to lift heavy boxes.

As a business owner you probably don't have a job description, but if you did, «Explain, explain, explain,» would appear near the top of your list of duties.

The bottom line is this: If a worker isn't hanging out their «shingle» to perform the same duties for others, it'll be difficult to classify that person as an independent contractor.

But unless you've fallen into some sort of new - economy role in which your chief duty is to daydream, too much blue - sky thinking isn't all that great — not for you as a leader, nor for your business as an entity that actually makes change.

And as the recent, technically troubled launch of publisher / developer Blizzard's record - selling Diablo III for PC suggests, it isn't clear that the industry has the database and server muscle to handle multiple AAA games (such as Call of Duty) being sold digitally for the much larger console market.

But it wasn't just lip service: After graduation in 2001, Moulton joined the Marine Corps and served four tours of duty in Iraq — the last as special assistant to Gen. David Petraeus during the Iraq surge.

For instance, as a blogger, I owe it as a duty to show my kids not just the basics of blogging, but equally talk to them about content creation, web design, and even show them some of the SEO tools I use to stay ahead of my competition.

Other than as required under U.S. federal securities laws or Canadian securities laws, we do not assume a duty to update these forward - looking statements, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or circumstances, change in expectations or otherwise.

The change to «employee owned» would require the CEO and board members as fiduciaries, now would have the duty and the opportunity to promote good corporate governance to protect the assets under their care, and because the corporation is at least 51 % employee owned the focus would be not just the bottom line.

Many brokers feel as though once the markets close they are off duty and free to leave the office, however, doing so isn't making themselves available for their clients.

Having co-founders also reduces the risk for investors as they know that there is backup management lined up in case the founder is not performing his or her duties for whatever reason.

Indeed, it states that the»... idea of a strictly «fiduciary» duty to avoid tax is wholly misconceived... [and]... It is not possible to construe a director's statutory duty to promote the success of the company [undersection 172 of the Companies Act 2006] as constituting a positive duty to avoid tax.»

While the new DOL rules are principles based and do not provide discreet instructions as to what advisors should do to fulfill fiduciary duties, industry executive David Trainer said advisors can not lose with clients or regulators by incorporating research into their practice that is «inarguably in the best interest of clients.»

There were also products bought to illustrate LifeEdited principles, like a heavy fork that was supposed to do double duty as a knife («a knork,» Mr. Hill said) but didn't work very well.

Our independent directors have requested that certain items that are unrelated to the board of directors» duties, such as spam, junk mail, mass mailings, solicitations, resumes and job inquiries, not be posted.

Leaving aside materiality — and I guess there's some question as to whether a court would find it material that Jana Partners is building an activist stake, though maybe not much of one — there's no breach of a duty if Jana «officially» decides to leak its information to other hedge funds.

Not just because it involved women athletes who are household names, or a man accused of violating his professional duties as a doctor in the most despicable way.

While the new DOL rules are principles based and do not provide discreet instructions as to what advisors should do to fulfill fiduciary duties, we think advisors can not lose with clients or regulators by incorporating research into their practice that is:

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions can not disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

This right of action does not represent a separate category of director liabilities, but start - up founders should be sensitive to the remedy's availability as a tool for stakeholders to make allegations of breaches of fiduciary duties and duties of care.

You agree that MFS shall not be under a duty to inquire as to the authority or propriety of any instructions given to MFS using your passwords or other security data and that MFS shall be entitled to act upon any such instructions.

Consulting a website or receiving a Publication of the Saxo Bank Group does not constitute a customer relationship and the Saxo Bank Group shall not have any duty or incur any liability or responsibility towards any person or entity as a result thereof.

«It seems the SEC is going to issue and interpretive release as to an advisor's duty of prudence, which has been not as well developed as an advisor's duty of loyalty and duty to mitigate conflicts,» he added.

As a corporate lawyer I know better than most that a corporation's duty is to its shareholders, not its employees.

However, until the closing has completed, it's your duty as the borrower to not change anything which could affect your mortgage application.

Elliott was not originally named as a defendant, but after initial discovery showed the extent of its involvement in the Board's breaches of fiduciary duty, Elliott was added as a defendant in an amended complaint under the theory that Elliott exercised actual control over the Board's decision - making.

As my friend James mentioned to me today, Howard Buffett is not only on Coca - Cola's board, but he's also the man that was given the duty of carrying on the Berkshire Hathaway culture once Warren Buffett is no longer there one day.

As mentioned above, Delaware courts have not directly addressed the extent to which restrictions agreed between parties to a merger agreement that limit a target board's ability to change its recommendation are inconsistent with directors» fiduciary duties.

The import duties on solar cells and modules imposed by the Trump Administration have been controversial not only within the solar industry, but outside of it as well.

In other words, Leidel's claims are viable, if at all, without reference to the User Agreements, as the duties Defendant allegedly breached were not imposed by those agreements.»

um what are you nuts most of the people in BC has said they do not want another pipeline not ever so how is building a pipeline a matter of national unity i could see it as a matter of duty for us to stand in unity with the first nation people here in BC against the pipeline i really do nt see how building a pipeline could be a national issue because simply put pipelines do nt help the nation

HP's independent directors have requested that certain items that are unrelated to the Board's duties, such as spam, junk mail, mass mailings, solicitations, resumes and job inquiries, not be posted.

As we noted in that press release, we also do not intend and specifically disclaim any duty to update our dollar range for expected fiscal 2016 capital expenditures, unless otherwise described by applicable securities laws.

These responsibilities include: (i) fostering processes that allow the Board to function independently of management and encouraging open and effective communication between the Board and management of the Company; (ii) providing input to the Chairman on behalf of the independent Directors with respect to Board agendas; (iii) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, as well as regularly scheduled executive sessions of independent Directors; (iv) in the case of a conflict of interest involving a Director, if appropriate, asking the conflicted Director to leave the room during discussion concerning such matter and, if appropriate, asking such Director to recuse him or herself from voting on the relevant matter; (v) communicating with the Chairman and the CEO, as appropriate, regarding meetings of the independent Directors and resources and information necessary for the Board to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities; (vi) serving as liaison between the Chairman and the independent Directors; (vii) being available to Directors who have concerns that can not be addressed through the Chairman; (viii) having the authority to call meetings of the independent Directors; and (ix) performing other functions as may reasonably be requested by the Board or the Chairman.

Ironicus, you can consider me a friend up to the point when you start infringing on MY rights to perform my duties, and begin attempting to express your opinion about a subject on which you are not well - educated in such a way as to pretend you have authority in that arena.

They too care about the truth, and not only about God but about their duties to their neighbors as well.

We are aware of your discomfort and also your animosity, but that didn't (and doesn't) prevent us from doing our duties as real Americans, Bush Sr.'s views notwithstanding.

And if these revelations of common piety upset his nonreligious admirers, he, too, was somewhat upset by the experience: «My presence in such a place was disturbed / By my duty as a poet who should not flatter popular imaginings, / Yet who desires to remain faithful to your unfathomable intention / When you appeared to children at Fatima and Lourdes.»

This would assume an «imaginative,» not a historical, disposition: a divine intent in history, God - gifted immutable laws of morality, to which man has a duty to conform; order as a first requirement of good governance, achieved best by a restraint and respect for custom and tradition; variety as more desirable than systematic uniformity and liberty more desirable than equality; the honor and duty of a good life in a good community as taking precedence over individual desire; an embrace of a skepticism toward reason and abstract principle.