Sentences with phrase «policy on conflict of interest»

The opening sections of the IPCC policy on conflict of interest state the purpose of the policy very clearly:

George Mason has a policy on conflict of interest, including a detailed policy on conflict of interest in federally funded research.

Such activities violate World Health Assembly policies on conflicts of interest.

Since defectors must posture as cooperators to obscure the duplicity, we get new policies on conflict of interest.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

Google, for example, lays out its policies on, among other things, conflicts of interest, customer service, and confidentiality.

Plank also promised in the letter that Under Armour will take «other public positions on legislation around the country in support of the interests of our teammates whenever policy conflicts with human rights.»

That insight, as obvious as it may seem, conflicts with the Fed's policy of raising interest rates preemptively, even as inflation continues to undershoot its target, essentially on concerns that a 17 - year - low 4.1 % jobless rate may already be beyond what officials consider «full employment.»

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The exemption requires disclosure of material conflicts of interest and basic information relating to those conflicts and the advisory relationship (Sections II and III), contract disclosures, contracts and written policies and procedures (Section II), pre-transaction (or point of sale) disclosures (Section III (a)-RRB-, web - based disclosures (Section III (b)-RRB-, documentation regarding recommendations restricted to proprietary products or products that generate third party payments (Section (IV), notice to the Department of a Financial Institution's intent to rely on the PTE, and maintenance of records necessary to prove that the conditions of the PTE have been met (Section V).

«Why doesn't @FoxNews have a conflict of interest policy requiring Hannity to disclose his personal interest in the Cohen search when commenting on it?»

The Board also noted the annual review of compliance with its policy on management of potential conflicts of interest arising from the Bank's commercial activities.

The USD is banging on big resistance levels ahead of an FOMC that includes only the release of a policy statement and fairly low expectations, ironically meaning that surprise risk may be underappreciated, especially given conflicting extremes in speculative US dollar short and US interest rate shorts.

«We have asked the Lancet to review the effectiveness of its conflicts of interest policy, given that two lead authors of its series on Maternal and Child Nutrition, published in June 2013, declared that they are members of Nestle's Creating Shared Value Advisory Committee.

IBFAN has expressed concern over the conflict of interest among lead authors of the Lancet child survival series as it has an important influence on health policies.

This has also raised question about the effectiveness of the conflict of interest policy of the medical journal Lancet, given that two of the lead authors of its series on Maternal and Child Nutrition were members of Nestle's Creating Shared Value Advisory Committee.

We work on policies at national and international level to stop aggressive marketing and conflicts of interest.

I have also, with the help of many NGOs, MPs, Policy makers and citizens, helped bring in EU and UK legislation on the marketing products fed to babies and improved transparency and conflicts of interest safeguards.

The participating public interest NGOs bring particular value - added to the gBICS through their firm stand on the need to avoid or adequately manage conflicts of interest.The influence of the baby food industry in research, the medical profession and in policy - setting is pervasive, both through direct sponsorship and through Public - Private for profit Partnerships (PPfpPs).

INFACT Canada's position is that those with conflicts of interest should not be working on infant and young child public nutrition policies and should not be participating in this process.

(5) to ensure that research on infant and young - child feeding, which may forms the basis for public policies, always contains a declaration relating to conflicts of interest and is subject to independent peer review;

Compare this model with that of the current government, whereby we have an unelected body of wealthy individuals, laden with conflicts of interest running the country and forcing through policies made up in a closed room that not one member of the electorate has had an opportunity to vote on.

Evgeny Morozov, one of the most interesting commentators on Silicon Valley, has warned that big data is being used to dispense with politics itself, substituting ideological conflict about law and policy with a technocratic approach based on the micro-management of individual behavior.

But CHRAJ in its report released on Thursday, noted that, it did not find the President guilty of bribery, fraud or conflict of interest, but said President Mahama breached the gift policy.

Now, the sentencings of Silver and Skelos will put pressure on lawmakers to react legislatively, Johnston said, and there are measures that can help, from tightening conflict - of - interest laws to some campaign finance changes to limit what he calls some of the «legal corruption» of money influencing the outcome of policy decisions.

Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott concluded in a report on Tuesday that those are ethical lapses, citing inadequate supervision and a faulty conflict - of - interest policy that was recently revised.

He also said that WHO has long - standing conflict - of - interest practices that prevent manufacturers from weighing in on policy decisions.

Five years ago I was one of the strongest critics of the [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] for not having any conflict - of - interest policies.

His work focused on drug company payments to a psychiatrist at the University of Cincinnati, another at Stanford University, and Charles Nemeroff, then with Emory University — causing much chaos and agitation among researchers — and changes in numerous academic conflict - of - interest policies.

ISPRA, Italy — The landscape is familiar to science policy experts on both sides of the Atlantic: To address serious global problems and to take advantage of important future discoveries, they will have to work effectively with elected officials and members of the public who have complex and sometimes conflicting values and interests.

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Denver Teacher Elected to School Board Resigning Her Position to Comply with Conflict - of - Interest policy (Chalkbeat) Martin West quoted regarding the necessity for politicians to explain rationale for positions on policy.

Should it not be a rule that people writing on policy issues should disclose all potential conflicts - of - interest?

The implication being, I suppose, that no one but a high - ranking charter school corporate official can speak effectively on behalf of Connecticut's charter schools and having Comer on the board is a good idea, despite the very real and perceived conflict of interest that Comer brings with her to Connecticut's education policy setting board.

The same Andrea Comer who was appointed to the State Board of Education by Governor Malloy in the Spring of 2013, despite the obvious conflict of interest between working as an officer for a charter school management company with state contracts and serving on the board that sets state policies concerning charter schools.

The environmental example noted that, with the assistance of the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, a Federal agency created to assist parties in resolving environmental conflicts around the country that involve Federal agencies or interests, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is working on developing an ADR system that would be applied during the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process.

If this trend continues where agents become publishers, I see much harder issues ahead on contract terms, sub-rights negotiations, fiduciary obligations, and better conflict of interest policies where ebooks are concerned — and AAR must weigh in with specifics since it's obviously not clear.

The proxy voting policies and procedures of Broad Run Investment Management, LLC («Broad Run») address the responsibility of Broad Run to ensure that proxies received for portfolio securities held by the Hennessy Focus Fund (the «Focus Fund») are voted in the best interest of the Focus Fund, including in those situations involving a conflict of interest between the Focus Fund on the one hand, and Broad Run or its affiliated persons, on the other hand.

These policies and procedures are designed to ensure that disclosure of information regarding the funds» portfolio securities is in the best interests of fund shareholders, and include procedures to address conflicts between the interests of the funds» shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the funds» investment adviser, principal underwriter or any affiliated person of a fund, its investment adviser or its principal underwriter, on the other.

There is even a commercial conflict of interest here given that the renewables industry stands to be the main beneficiary of any change in government policies based on the IPCC report's conclusions.

«There is a clear conflict of interest — Glenn Vaad was a high - ranking representative of a corporate lobbying group that is coordinating a national attack on clean energy,» explains Gabe Elsner, Executive Director for the Energy and Policy Institute, «In the past year, ALEC's utility and fossil fuel members lobbied lawmakers in at least 15 states to introduce legislation repealing Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards.

On June 6, Dr. Pielke Jr. reported: «The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently adopted a major new policy for overseeing conflicts of interest among its leaders and authors..On June 6, Dr. Pielke Jr. reported: «The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently adopted a major new policy for overseeing conflicts of interest among its leaders and authors..on Climate Change recently adopted a major new policy for overseeing conflicts of interest among its leaders and authors....

[3] For more information on the UNFCTC and its conflict of interest policy, please see: http://www.fctc.org/media-and-publications/media-releases-blog-list-view-of-all-313/industry-interference/718-article-53-framework-convention-on-tobacco-control-tobacco-industry-interference

To address recommendations that required further examination, the Panel established task groups on processes and procedures, communications, Conflict of Interest (COI) policy, and governance and management.

The requirements of this Code complement related rules and policies of The Cooper Union that may impose further requirements, for example, rules on conflicts of interest more broadly, and certain additional rules respecting the administration of student financial aid in compliance with the New York State Student Lending Accountability, Transparency and Enforcement Act.

The EU has so far continued to align itself with historic polluters like the USA and Australia, blocking progress towards a conflict of interest policy which could protect the UN climate talks from the harmful influence of fossil fuel corporations and their lobbyists, who have been delaying and weakening progress on effective climate action.

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According to the Executive Summary, the Green / EFA group undertook the report in response to claims that members of the European Union were not engaging seriously with other countries who wanted to draft a conflict of interests policy for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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On the one hand, there's the goal of not knowingly employing individuals with conflicts - of - interest, so adhering to the IPCC's CoI policy to ensure that «the work of IPCC is not compromised by any conflict of interest for those who execute it» (an «essential» goal according to the policy).