Sentences with phrase «expense of the public trust»

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Others, such as consumer watchdog Public Citizen and the preventive medicine advocacy group Trust for America's Health (TFAH), had very different takes, arguing Cures mostly benefits pharma companies at the expense of other important public health initiaPublic Citizen and the preventive medicine advocacy group Trust for America's Health (TFAH), had very different takes, arguing Cures mostly benefits pharma companies at the expense of other important public health initiapublic health initiatives.

Bear Stearns is trading at $ 6 instead of $ 2 because unelected bureaucrats went beyond their legal mandates, delivered a windfall to a single private company at public expense, entered agreements that violate the the public trust, and created a situation where even if the bureaucratic malfeasance stands, the shareholders of Bear Stearns will either reject the deal or be deprived of their right to determine the fate of the company they own.

Nearly 70 per cent of MPs believe that recent stories in the media about expenses have lost them, and politicians in general, trust in the public's eyes, a survey by ComRes for Total Politics revealed.

Ipsos Mori's numbers show that the public's trust in politics has always been fairly low, but dipped to very low levels in the wake of the expenses scandal.

If the Legislature is serious about restoring the public trust in government, then this first step says that New Yorkers will not stand for the corruption of our politicians who want to enrich themselves at the expense of the taxpayers of this State.

Mr Cameron and his ministers insist the process of lifting the «cloak of secrecy» around government is essential to win back voter trust after the expenses scandal and a breakdown of public belief in the political system.

Sadly Ms Dorries» actions have diminished the reputation of Parliament at a time when public trust in politicians is still recovering from the expenses crisis (something to which the MP for Mid Bedfordshire is no stranger).

He attributed the situation to corruption, saying costs of projects were often inflated as people, entrusted with public trust, struggled to enrich themselves at the expense of the people.

Mr Johnson, who has been widely tipped as a potential successor to Mr Brown, urged the prime minister to involve the public in «a root and branch examination» of the political system in order to regain trust following the expenses scandal.

Investment bankers convince their analysts to give their corporate client a «Buy» rating for a shot at the next public offering, often at the expense of the retail client trusting that analyst's report.

The court of public opinion is already judging ExxonMobil harshly; one would think that a company this big and this old would not have to be reminded that it is against its own long - term interests to «win the legal argument at the expense of its reputation and the public's trust.»