Sentences with phrase «significant financial conflicts»

Disturbingly, a number of ethical acousticians from four continents have told me personally of the bullying and harassment they have endured at the hands of their colleagues who have significant financial conflicts of interest.

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Still, Trump's deal with Carrier demonstrates the unprecedented challenge the president's conflicts of interest create: Unless he either puts his holdings in a truly blind trust or divests completely, a significant number of the decisions he makes will involve some level of financial incentive for himself as well as for the country.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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The court acknowledged that this situation fell squarely within the «Non-Waivable Red List» of the International Bar Association's Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration, which refers to situations where «the arbitrator or his or her firm regularly advises the party, or an affiliate of the party, and the arbitrator or his or her firm derives significant financial income therefrom.»

Furthermore, in addition to the governance measures applicable to shareholding companies to enhance the protection of the interests of the shareholders, CCL provides provisions to apply certain corporate governance in all types of companies; this requires significant changes in the duties and liabilities of the managers and partners, such as: the provision to avoid any conflict of interests for the managers; the liability of the company for the actions of its employees; each company shall have an authorised auditor; each company must have annual accounts with commitment to prepare annual financial accounts, including the balance sheet and profits and loss accounts, applying international accounting principles and standards.

When he was appointed, the City's Conflict of Interest board advised mayor Bloomberg that he was allowed to be involved with only four broad areas of the company: «the sale of all or part of the company, the sale or purchase of significant assets, major financial commitments like loans, and major changes in employee compensation or structure.»

The indirect effect of destructive financial conflict messages on marital satisfaction was significant, ab = −.18, 95 % CI [− 0.26, − 0.12], κ2 = 0.23, 95 % CI

The indirect effect of constructive financial conflict messages on marital satisfaction was significant, ab = 0.30, 95 % CI [0.18, 0.44], κ2 = 0.27, 95 % CI [0.16, 0.36], R med 2 =.24, 95 % CI [0.15, 0.33].

The indirect effect of the demand - withdraw financial conflict pattern on marital satisfaction was significant, ab = − 0.24, 95 % CI [− 0.35, − 0.14], k2 = 0.22, 95 % CI [0.13, 0.31], R med 2 = 0.27, 95 % CI [0.18, 0.35].

Couples with complex financial issues and significant conflict can mediate, but make sure your divorce mediator is experienced in all of the legal and financial issues.

In an earlier report of type 2 diabetes (23), we showed that of three groups of variables included in a predictive model (demographics, disease status, and family characteristics), only disease impact and family financial stress were significant, independent contributors to both depressive affect and anxiety among both European - American and Latino patients, with family conflict resolution as a significant predictor only for European - American patients.