Sentences with phrase «as bad business practices»

While debt settlement providers have never come together as a unified voice to slam the debt management side, the nonprofit DMP providers have frequently come together (and acted individually), to vilify the concept of debt settlement itself, and later, to call out what they see as bad business practices found throughout the debt settlement side of the industry.

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As the year progressed, CEO Travis Kalanick resigned amid an investor revolt, many of Uber's other top executives resigned or were forced out, shady business practices were revealed, and more than 20 employees were fired as a result of an investigation into bad behavior in the workplace that includes sexual harassmenAs the year progressed, CEO Travis Kalanick resigned amid an investor revolt, many of Uber's other top executives resigned or were forced out, shady business practices were revealed, and more than 20 employees were fired as a result of an investigation into bad behavior in the workplace that includes sexual harassmenas a result of an investigation into bad behavior in the workplace that includes sexual harassment.

It is is as important to understand not only best practices but also worst practices that can damage your personal brand, corporate brand and business success when it comes to social media, business and life!

«It would have been bad business practice not to have retained some small degree of flexibility to allow us to invest again in the right player and / or to maintain the current squad as and where we want to offer improved and extended contracts for key players.

Interestingly, comments from authors on sites like The Passive Voice and Author Marketing Experts have demonstrated that self - published authors, at least ones who see themselves as professionals, are siding with Amazon on this rule, with many pointing out that it is not a new rule, and it is also bad business practice to piggyback one's work off the marketing clout of another author, especially without permission.

As you may already know, the debt settlement industry has received bad reputations — because of unethical business practices of its members.

Prohibited acts.A credit services organization, a salesperson, agent, or representative of a credit services organization, or an independent contractor who sells or attempts to sell the services of a credit services organization shall not: (1) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration before completing performance of all services, other than those described in subdivision (2) of this section, which the credit services organization has agreed to perform for the buyer unless the credit services organization has obtained a surety bond or established and maintained a surety account as provided in section 45 - 805; (2) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration for obtaining or attempting to obtain an extension of credit that the credit services organization has agreed to obtain for the buyer before the extension of credit is obtained; (3) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration solely for referral of the buyer to a retail seller who will or may extend credit to the buyer if the credit that is or will be extended to the buyer is substantially the same as that available to the general public; (4) Make or use a false or misleading representation in the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization, including (a) guaranteeing to erase bad credit or words to that effect unless the representation clearly discloses that this can be done only if the credit history is inaccurate or obsolete and (b) guaranteeing an extension of credit regardless of the person's previous credit problem or credit history unless the representation clearly discloses the eligibility requirements for obtaining an extension of credit; (5) Engage, directly or indirectly, in a fraudulent or deceptive act, practice, or course of business in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization; (6) Make or advise a buyer to make a statement with respect to a buyer's credit worthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity that is false or misleading or that should be known by the exercise of reasonable care to be false or misleading to a consumer reporting agency or to a person who has extended credit to a buyer or to whom a buyer is applying for an extension of credit; or (7) Advertise or cause to be advertised, in any manner whatsoever, the services of a credit services organization without filing a registration statement with the Secretary of State under section 45 - 806 unless otherwise provided by the Credit Services Organization Act.

The Federal Trade Commission records these unfair business practices as a common modus operandi of bad firms.

Debt management firms may appear as simple, helpful options for people experiencing financial stress, but often they make things worse through high fees, ill - suited advice or questionable business practices.

I admit, I stay out of Australia as much as possible, but every time I do look that way, I'm told with increasing certainty that the Great Barrier Reef is dying rapidly, and more and more blame is being laid at the feet of governments» and businesses» bad hydrology practices with less and less uncertainty.

While a bad economy certainly increases stress on the homefront, don't rush to open a divorce law practice, as per the Legal Blog Watch post indicating that divorce business is down because (according to NYC matrimonial lawyer Bonnie Rabin), prospective clients are apparently waiting for homes and retirement accounts to regain value before moving ahead with a breakup.

Robert Barrack dedicates his practice to complex construction and commercial litigation and appeals, including contractual disputes, professional negligence, surety bond claims, subrogation claims, mechanics» liens, business torts, unfair trade practices, bad faith claims, product liability, and real property disputes, as well as construction transactions, on behalf of businesses, public entities, educational institutions, and individuals.

The Practice of Law as a Business: Not a Bad Thing?

If the party responsible for an individual's catastrophic injuries engaged in especially egregious conduct, such as drunk driving, violent assault, very dangerous business practices, concealing known dangers from the public, or other grossly negligent or misleading behavior, the court may even find that the responsible party owes punitive damages, which are meant to punish the wrongdoer and deter future bad conduct.

If you're scared too because of bad feedback you will need to address your business practices as a whole.

Part 2: Primerica's argue against Whole Life because the Insured's beneficiaries do not receive BOTH the death benefit and the Cash Value... as if this is bad business practice.

It's just bad business to use anything so unstable as the foundation for any major practices, and ISPs are plenty aware of that.