The phrase
"honest broker" refers to someone who is fair, neutral, and trustworthy, while helping to resolve conflicts or negotiate agreements. They act as a mediator or middle person without taking sides or having a personal interest in the outcome. Their role is to ensure fairness and reach a satisfactory solution for all parties involved.
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Banks should be
honest brokers in their role as financial services providers, and if they are potential competitors as well, they can not fulfill this role.
It would be very easy for a less - than -
honest broker with to pocket some of the cash and only report part of it..
If we are not smart enough even to do that I am sure there will be a lot of
honest brokers who will supply us with them at $ 2 / ton.
Sinn Féin ministers in a Dublin administration would thus have to act as
honest broker between themselves and their DUP opponents in Belfast.
«Current accreditation systems are set up to be
honest brokers about school quality and set a low bar for what that looks like,» said Chad Aldeman, a principal at Bellwether Education Partners.
The are not always
honest brokers trying to figure out what the law is, and when they are not (e.g., Furman), they are morally responsible for their decisions.
That is why, if the Ecumenical Patriarch would dedicate himself to solving Antioch's problem, he could show himself a
truly honest broker and not merely a representative for the Hellenic churches of Orthodoxy.
This is compounded by the emotional deep mistrust felt by people in the region of Western states as
impartial honest brokers.
After all, we have been told that if the DUP - Conservative deal went ahead London could not act as
honest broker under the Belfast agreement.
Vanguard seems like the
only honest broker around and with everyone flooding in there, even Bogle says it is getting close to being too big.
Moreover, you can have a certified and
honest broker help you get a Toronto mortgage, refinancing etc..
The choice to become an advocate is of course a personal one, but I would argue that some place needs to be reserved for
honest brokering of policy options, a role best served by authoritative institutions.
«Journalists should be different, that's my point that we should be
honest brokers when using words.»
Shale Network researchers act
as honest brokers in discussions like those that take place at the group's annual workshops.
They are
honest brokers to keep an eye on management.
McGuire said Porter is someone who is both «
an honest broker who respects diverse viewpoints» and «also knows when to close the window and drive a decision.»
It's impossible to be profitable if you don't use
an honest broker, no matter how skilled you are in reading charts.
That comment angered Canadians of Arab and Muslim descent, and was widely viewed by analysts as marking a significant shift away from Canada's traditional role as
an honest broker in the Middle East.
Hospice can be
an honest broker when it comes to questions concerning the dying, and the movement is uniquely positioned to address issues concerning death and dying that are widely shirked.
No doubt this is why he has been such an effective agent of reconciliation and
an honest broker in many hostage negotiations.
Richard recently in Christianity Today: «Only a thinker so well grounded in the Reformation traditions could be
an honest broker in bringing faithful evangelicals and believing Catholics to recognize the common source of their life together in Jesus Christ, the Holy Scriptures, and the great tradition of living faith through the centuries.»
They use it as a softening word, one that signals that they're are not coming to dominate us, but instead to «listen» and play the role of «
honest brokers.»
has played a disgraceful role throughout, failing to serve as
an honest broker.
A similar but distinguishable role which clergymen sometimes take or are assigned to is that of mediator or «
honest broker» between the opponents in an effort to resolve conflict.
I think when we're looking at this we need to look at it as
honest brokers and in cost - benefit terms the same way the FO does, and that's in a holistic manner.
If you're truly open to this being their defining moment and letting the process begin, I would strongly suggest you focus less on impliedly insulting me because of our Tyrod clashes in the past and more on being
an honest broker about the now and the future.
This challenges the Commission's historical position as an «
honest broker» — a position that has already come under some considerable strain as the institution has come under increasing pressure from the European Council, and from the more activist EP.
member states have the possibility to show their negotiating skills, as «
honest brokers», thus gaining influence and prestige;
Glen Caplin, a senior adviser to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and former communications director for Weiner, called her an «
honest broker» and «straightforward.»
And he knows I'm
an honest broker.
He's really
an honest broker.
Vince Cable was the most depressingly realistic and emerged as more of
an honest broker because of it.
In some sharp exchanges over social media on Thursday, Lord Hain accused Prime Minister Theresa May and her predecessor David Cameron of wilful neglect and failing to act as
honest brokers.
The new book claims that the former prime minister damaged the military's preparations for the Iraq war because he wanted to protect his ability to appear to be an «
honest broker».