The codes
of practice issued under DDA 1995 and SDA 1975 give some general guidance, but suggest organisations in this position take advice on their status.
It also covers The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (as amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2003), The Code
of Practice issued under section 23 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996, and The Attorney General's Guidelines on the disclosure issued in April 2005 and much more.
The Care Quality Commission, with responsibility for registering, monitoring and enforcing quality standards, has helped to deliver progress amongst healthcare organisations; the registration process for any healthcare organisation wishing to legally provide services involves compliance with the established quality and safety standards, including any «Code
of Practice issued by the Secretary of State in relation to the prevention or control of healthcare associated infections».
These are some of the issues lactation consultants face, as well as Scope
of Practice issues and what their role should be in identifying and treating tongue - tie.
Scope
of practice issues are not limited to family law, however.
That requires an understanding
of practice issues (what's important); business of law (operations designed to deliver services optimally); technology (how best to build it); and users (how to make tech user - friendly to provider / consumer and compatability with existing tools).
Not exact matches
Kim Churches, CEO
of American Association
of University Women, says the hiring
practices of many organizations have a lot to do with the
issues we see in the workplace.
But if they ignore some
of these things, like the quality
issues, how they might adapt the culture, bringing in better
practices — I don't know why they would ignore those things — but if they do, it could really blow up on them.»
However, sustained engagement on
issues of equity and inclusion, activities that place participants in the situations that oppressed people experience (what I call «addressing the empathy gap»), and setting goals — much like the one Starbucks envisioned a decade ago regarding pay equity — are some examples
of evidence - based best
practices.
The
issue at hand is how much control Uber exercises over its drivers, according to Aimee E. Delaney, leader
of the Labor & Employment
Practice Group at the Chicago headquarters
of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.
More than 240 bills were introduced in 42 states last year covering a range
of security
issues, from improving government
practices to restricting public disclosure
of confidential information, according to the National Conference
of State Legislatures.
While top - down channels are used to communicate vision and strategy in order to get policies and processes aligned with them, bottom - up processes are necessary too, in order for leaders to be aware
of the
issues faced at the lower levels, as well as to measure the impact
of the policies and
practices implemented.
Unique among marketing
practices, PR strives to maximize the message
of the positive activities an organization wants to share, while minimizing negative
issues that every organization ultimately faces.
Leaders who master the
practice of good listening will be more apt to intuitively understand the other person's story by searching conversations for depth and meaning, digging deeper than casual listeners, and getting to the root
of an
issue in order to come up with the right solution.
In November 1998, he testified as one
of three technical expert witnesses, along with computer science professors from Princeton and MIT, in the landmark U.S. vs. Microsoft antitrust trial, on
issues of corporate computing
practices and Web browser integration.
Members
of the cluster specialize in environmental
issues such as recycling old airplane parts, decreasing the weight
of planes so that they require less fuel, and encouraging the military to adopt these «green» aviation
practices.
Understanding the concepts behind Gantt charts, a critical path, as well as Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) diagrams has been extremely useful in untangling a wide range
of complex business
issues, processes, relationships and
practices.
«The tunnel
issue is a top priority for the IDF, and the military has already begun putting the majority
of the report's comments and suggestions into
practice,» the army said in response to the comptroller probe.
At a more limited round
of NAFTA talks in mid-December in Washington, Guajardo said it was important to agree on key
issues in order to close some NAFTA chapters such as those on food safety, telecommunications, regulatory
practices, and digital commerce.
Attached to the letter was a list
of practices they called «common sense corporate governance principles» that amounted to a basic outline
of a code many U.S. public companies today already either agree with or live by, or both, including
issues of who sits on the board, the kinds
of topics the board should discuss, and the adoption
of proxy access.
There was Citron Research, which last week
issued a report calling Valeant «the pharmaceutical Enron,» setting off a storm
of criticism over the drugmaker's accounting
practices.
«But,
of course, there are plenty
of other ways to deal with those
issues outside
of outlawing the
practice entirely.»
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practices.
American officials have been raising their concerns about China's IP
practices since Bill Clinton was president, and Beijing has repeatedly failed to deliver on promises to reform, said the official, adding the administration is still open to discussing the
issue with the government
of President Xi Jinping.
Given our increasingly elevated awareness
of privacy
issues, paying with your face may not become a widely - adopted
practice — in the immediate future, anyway.
I didn't really have any
issues with performance,» Chris Schreiner, director
of the user experience
practice, said in an interview.
«If that revelation turns out to be true, it raises a whole host
of issues,» adds Robert S. Russell, head
of the competition and foreign investment
practice at Borden Ladner Gervais.
Even though we purchase a limited amount
of meat we are working with our suppliers to address concerns about antibiotic use and are looking to collaborate with others across our industry and in the NGO community to promote best
practices on this
issue.
In early February, the firm received a response from Vanguard, which Tim Smith, senior vice president at Walden Asset Management, told me included a discussion
of Vanguard's efforts to talk with companies about social and environmental
issues, but stopped short
of saying that Vanguard would actually change its proxy voting
practices.
The correlation between CEO dismissal and the performance
of a company's stock suggest that there are serious
issues with boards» firing
practices, and more importantly, their hiring
practices.
Chris Hurt, a professor
of agricultural economics at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., said in a recent presentation that the U.S. Federal Reserve's quantitative easing (that is, the
practice of issuing money to buy long - term government debt) likely elevated U.S. farmland prices.
Today, through his legal
practice at the D.C. firm Dickstein Shapiro (where he bills an unfriendly $ 575 an hour) and Grow Fast Grow Right (an entrepreneurship training firm he co-founded), Sherman guides small businesses through the maze
of regulatory, patent, and licensing
issues.
Paul Volcker, the former chairman
of the Federal Reserve, recently
issued a report that said neither Democrats nor Republicans can claim to have superior budgeting
practices at this point.
«Given the significant consequences
of acting as an unregistered broker - dealer and the increased attention being given to this
issue by the SEC staff, private - fund advisers should consider reviewing their
practices to determine whether any activities that may be approaching or crossing the line would require broker - dealer registration,» David Blass, the chief counsel
of the SEC's division
of trading and markets, suggested in a speech last April.
Based on workshop findings, where both producers and pipeline operators collaborated in an open discussion sharing experiences, insights and best
practices on the critical
issue of asset integrity.
Our sensitivity to the political
issues and degree
of savvy gained from our colleagues in the firm's government relations
practice affords us a distinctive approach and an «on - the - ground» team able to work collaboratively with the political parties involved.
She
practices in the areas
of insurance, general litigation and medical - legal
issues and has appeared before all levels
of court in Alberta and the Northwest Territories.
In a three - page paper
issued Friday, the firm said «we have reached out to the major publicly traded civilian firearms manufacturers and retailers to engage in a discussion
of their business
practices.»
«If D.C. does get chosen, we have some real
issues with how Amazon does business, in terms
of fair labor, equitable hiring, and equitable
practices for people
of color and women in particular,» Sneed said.
And, testifying under oath, Summers, now the president
of Harvard, dismissed the adverse consequences
of his friends» frisky financial behavior: «I had enough knowledge
of Russian mores and Russian
practices and Russian views from the conversations that I had with Chubais and Vasiliev [senior Russian officials] to be confident that the set
of issues contained the allegations were not
issues that were consequential for them; and indeed that they would have, in part, valued advisers more extensively if they were more involved in actual private - sector activities.»
However, these type
of issues are ultimately what hurts the entire online community in general, meaning «bad link building
practices».
In the Russian Far East, Huawei outcompeted Nokia in a 2017 open tender bidding process to lay an internet cable to the Kurile Islands by agreeing to complete the project at a cost that was 9 percent below Rostelecom's stated maximum contract price.122 Though there have been no specific complaints surrounding the Kurile Islands tender, China's investments in Russia at times do not adhere to market principles — an
issue of concern for the West given long - standing U.S. and European criticism
of unfair Chinese trade and investment
practices.
In responses to three subsequent consultations,
issued in 2012 by the European Securities and Markets Authority («ESMA»), Canadian Securities Administrators («CSA») and the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee
of Australia («CAMAC»), Glass Lewis has consistently expressed the view that a market - based solution, in particular a code
of best
practices developed by proxy advisors, is the appropriate means to address the relevant
issues raised in these consultations — namely conflict management, transparency
of policies and methodologies and engagement.
Deepti Kulkarni, Esq. is an associate in the Food, Drug and Medical Device Regulatory
practice, who counsels clients on a wide range
of matters involving FDA regulatory
issues.
In 1982 and 1984, the Department
of Justice (DOJ) and the FTC
issued new merger guidelines outlining the framework that officials would use when reviewing horizontal deals.135 The 1984 version included guidelines specific to vertical deals.136 Part
of a sweeping effort to overhaul antitrust enforcement, the new guidelines narrowed the circumstances in which the agencies would challenge vertical mergers.137 Although the guidelines acknowledged that vertical mergers could sometimes give rise to competitive concerns, in
practice the change constituted a de facto approval
of vertical deals.
Our staff and members are often invited to educate new audiences about the
practice of shareholder advocacy and, more specifically, to represent the responsible investor voice on all
of the
issues we address.
Part
of this discontinuity between debate and
practice appears to owe to the eminence
of the federal government on this
issue.
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of our common stock has been determined in accordance with applicable elements
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In a report
issued Tuesday, Warren said the responses from the firms «reveal a widespread
practice of offering agents kickbacks in exchange for promoting certain annuities» and other products, and that «such kickbacks are effectively concealed from customers.»
But StatsCan's dismissal
of the Diewert - Yu study based on
issues of compatibility with U.S. statistics seems perplexing if Canada's official way
of computing multifactor productivity is significantly different from what is standard
practice south
of the border.