Sentences with phrase «larger issues of governance»

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He is also a commissioner for the Global Ocean Commission, whose mandate is to formulate politically and technically feasible short -, medium - and long - term recommendations to address four key issues facing the high seas: overfishing, large - scale loss of habitat and biodiversity, the lack of effective management and enforcement, and deficiencies in high seas governance.

They include Jim Barksdale, the former chief operating officer of Netscape, who gave $ 100 million to establish an institute to improve reading instruction in Mississippi; Eli Broad, the home builder and retirement investment titan, whose foundation works on a range of management, governance, and leadership issues; Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computers, whose family foundation is valued at $ 1.2 billion and is a major supporter of a program that boosts college going among students of potential but middling accomplishment; financier and buyout specialist Theodore J. Forstmann, who gave $ 50 million of his own money to help poor kids attend private schools; David Packard, a former classics professor who also is a scion of one of the founders of Hewlett - Packard and has given $ 75 million to help California school districts improve reading instruction; and the Walton Family Foundation, which benefits from the fortune of the founder of Wal - Mart, and which is the nation's largest supporter of charter schools and private school scholarships (see «A Tribute to John Walton,»).

We have an unusually large number of new commissions, bodies and court cases created to provide solutions to these fundamental education issues, and we ask that our education leaders tasked with steering the governance of our public schools to please do it well — and together.

Studies that address general questions provide information that is useful for understanding the larger issues of systemic reform (e.g., restructuring, governance, standards, and assessment) and the contexts in which these reforms are implemented.

When I had announced this workshop just a fortnight ago the Sensex was at a record 36000 + and featured in the Workshop Title... In days since then following a global correction and arguably an uninspiring Union Budget that re-introduced Long Terms Capital Gains Tax the Sensex fell sharply below 34000 with many non large caps taking a hit of even 30 % with Vakrangee decimating over 50 % from over Rs 500 to under Rs 200 on Corporate Governance issues

Heath, who leads the firm's business / tax practice, provides advice and counsel regarding business, tax, regulatory and governance issues to some of the nation's largest health systems and many general and specialty hospitals, individual medical practices and health care joint ventures between hospitals and physicians.

Bill's practice focuses on large issue litigation and the conduct of complex negotiations, domestically and internationally, in the following fields: arbitration and dispute resolution; collective bargaining; education law and university governance; employment law; health law; human rights; inquests; international labour standards; labour relations; occupational health and safety; and privacy law.

We combine day to day advice on the continuing governance and compliance issues encountered by larger private and quoted companies with more strategic advice on the size, constitution, personnel and reporting lines of governance / reporting teams and secretariats.