Sentences with phrase «serve the public interest rather»

The vast majority of our cases are brought on behalf of organizations or individuals seeking to serve the public interest rather to advance a private interest.

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Christians, as citizens, have an obligation to exert whatever influence they can to ensure that the mass media in our society operate to serve the public good rather than merely commercial interests or those of individuals.

The FT disapprovingly quotes our manifesto «The conservatives often talk about economic and social crises as if they are unavoidable, a law of nature... Conservatives have pursued a policy of blind faith in the market - serving the interests of the few rather than the general public...».

«SERAP believes that rather than serving the common interest of the public, spending over N1 billion possibly of public funds on Zuma and Johnson - Sirleaf in the context of their participation in the opening of the Rochas Okorocha Foundation would seem to put Governor Okorocha in a conflict of interest situation.»

Rather than encouraging researchers to take on problems that serve the public interest — a basic function of science and the fundamental reason that citizens support funding for science — Edwards believes those «perverse incentives» make researchers cautious and only concerned with their own interests.

We're often accused of being hostile to the regular public - school system, but our real gripe is with its near - monopoly — which leaves it free to keep on serving the interests of its «stakeholders» rather than the students.

Rather than giving real power to the parents and kids public education is supposed to serve, they insist on keeping them subject to the authority of politicians and politically potent special interests.

It is, rather, a direct interference in the public conversation in a way that serves Exxon's interest at the expense of the public interest.

«The public interest in securing the just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution of every proceeding would be served in this case more fully by considering the merits of the asserted ground of unpatentability based on Hideji rather than by denying consideration for reasons tied to Petitioner's previous failure to submit the requisite attesting affidavit.»

It betrays rather than serves the public interest, and many people inside the system clearly know that, but hardly anyone has the courage to speak out about it.

Rather, I find that the balance of convenience lies with Toronto as the public interest would be greater served by granting interlocutory relief to Toronto.»

Civil Recovery powers may be appropriate where the evidence does not support a realistic prospect of conviction, or where the public interest is better served by a civil, rather than criminal disposal.