Sentences with phrase «standard of conduct for»

Establish a standard of conduct for broker - dealers when making a recommendation of any securities transaction or investment strategy involving securities to a retail customer

Provides the following punitive damage reforms a) raises the standard of conduct for punitive damages from the current «willful indifference» to a standard of «deliberate disregard»; b) establishes the party's right to insist on a bifurcated trial when a claim includes punitive damages; a separate proceeding is held to consider financial condition of the defendant and other evidence relevant only to punitive damages; c) provides trial and appellate judges the power to review all punitive damage awards.

«The legislation would create a sensible, uniform standard of conduct for all federal agencies and strike the proper balance between the legitimate needs of prosecutors and regulators, and the constitutional and fundamental legal rights of individuals and organizations,» Lamm said.

Whether to propose a Commission interpretation of the standard of conduct for investment advisors.

«The new memo also defends applying statutory protections for «hiring persons of a particular religion'to include protection for religiously based standards of conduct for employees, including in the funding context — and potentially (although this is not said explicitly) when the category of prohibited discrimination that's asserted is sexual orientation, not just when it's religion.

• Sets standards of conduct for the profession.

A case involving a member of the Woodstock Town Board has drawn attention to the local ethics law, which seeks to establish standards of conduct for town officers, employees, and consultants, and to procedures followed by the volunteer board that administers and enforces the statute.

SBEC Operating Policies and Procedures SBEC Operating Procedures outline the board's powers and duties, establish procedural rules, set standards of conduct for board members, and define the responsibilities of the board and TEA staff.

For example, in Ontario The Stronger Protection for Ontario Consumers Act creates new standards of conduct for debt settlement companies by:

There are a few objective measures you can reference: The American Bar Association lays out what it believes are the professional standards of conduct for its members.

(a) to review and approve standards of conduct for deputy judges as established by the Chief Justice;

(5) Section 51.9, which deals with standards of conduct for provincial judges, section 51.10, which deals with their continuing education, and section 51.11, which deals with evaluation of their performance, apply to provincial judges to whom this section applies only if the Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice consents.

(7) Section 51.9, which deals with standards of conduct for provincial judges, section 51.10, which deals with their continuing education, and section 51.11, which deals with evaluation of their performance, apply to masters only if the Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice consents.

sets out standards of conduct for physicians who choose not to assess patients or perform physician - assisted dying based on their values and beliefs;

As with the Carter case, health care regulators will want to pay attention to this decision in order to understand how the standards of conduct for their members may need to be adapted in its wake.

The Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) strives to foster, promote and maintain high ethical and professional standards of conduct for its members.

Not exact matches

When university - based researchers conduct any kind of research on human beings, they are required to adhere to pretty strict standards for research ethics.

A ballooning sexual harassment scandal in Westminster claimed its first victim late Monday as Secretary of State for Defense Michael Fallon, saying his conduct had fallen below the high standards demanded of his position.

For example, in a 2012 study conducted by two researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara, 145 undergraduates were asked to come up with as many uses for daily objects (clothes hangers, bricks, toothbrushes, etc.) as they could in two minutes — a standard exercise to measure creativiFor example, in a 2012 study conducted by two researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara, 145 undergraduates were asked to come up with as many uses for daily objects (clothes hangers, bricks, toothbrushes, etc.) as they could in two minutes — a standard exercise to measure creativifor daily objects (clothes hangers, bricks, toothbrushes, etc.) as they could in two minutes — a standard exercise to measure creativity.

The U.S. Senate has a responsibility to be an example for the rest of the country by setting the highest standards of conduct.

Indeed, the CNBC Millionaire Survey, which was conducted by market research firm Spectrem Group, found 19 percent of high - net - worth respondents wish to leave enough for their kids to be comfortable and maintain their standard of living, but not all they have, while 17 percent indicated they will be «very cautious» in how much they leave, because they want their children to learn self - reliance.

As opposed to a full delay of all conditions until January 1, 2018, this final rule's application of the Impartial Conduct Standards beginning on June 9, 2017, helps ensure that retirement investors will experience gains from a higher conduct standard and minimizes the potential for an undue reduction in those gains as compared to the full protections of all the PTEs» conditions.

The organization said the men did not meet its standards of conduct, and added that it requires its members to «uphold the Academy's values of respect for human dignity.»

However, the SEC's proposal contains an even more fundamental flaw: Even if brokers were held to a fiduciary standard of conduct, the ambiguous interpretation of the fiduciary «Duty of Care» makes any regulation difficult to enforce and confusing for all parties.

With the rescue attempt's failure, all eyes now turn to the SEC which is considering its own proposal for raising financial advisor standards of conduct.

This is also a critical moment for those who desire a true profession for investment and financial advisors, bound together under a bona fide fiduciary standard of conduct.

Welcome to CryptoUK, the first self - regulatory trade association for the UK cryptocurrency industry, established to promote higher standards of conduct.

«' The standard of conduct the agency has articulated appears ambiguous at best,» Marcus Stanley, policy director at Americans for Financial Reform, said in a statement.

There are many more applications of blockchain currently being adopted by banks — Bank of America has filed numerous patents relating to using the technology for conducting and settling transactions; Deutsche Bank is trialling a corporate - bond platform that uses smart contracts to issue and redeem bonds; and DBS and Standard Chartered Banks are working on a trade - finance collaboration with Ripple to better track invoices and avoid invoice duplication.

When the company announced Potdevin's departure, it said it «expects all employees to exemplify the highest levels of integrity and respect for one another, and Mr. Potdevin fell short of these standards of conduct.»

The sales uptick comes on the heels of the February departure of Laurent Potdevin, who was CEO for four years and left for a failure to meet «standards of conduct,» according to the company.

The National Association for Business Resources has over 20 years of experience conducting Best and Brightest Company competitions and has identified numerous best Human Resources practices that provide benchmarking for companies that continue to be leaders in employment standards.

For example, in February seven UK cryptocurrency companies — BlockEx; CEX.IO; Coinbase; CoinShares; CommerceBlock; CryptoCompare; and eToro — launched CryptoUK, a self - regulatory trade body, to improve industry standards by publishing a code of conduct and to engage policy makers.

There were no clear explanations for why they could not sign a fiduciary contract and agree to standards of impartial conduct or agree to charge reasonable fees.

For Lasch, true populism is rooted in mutual respect, which demands that we hold ourselves and our fellow citizens to shared standards of conduct and discourse — a necessary precondition for both civil disagreement and a healthy body politFor Lasch, true populism is rooted in mutual respect, which demands that we hold ourselves and our fellow citizens to shared standards of conduct and discourse — a necessary precondition for both civil disagreement and a healthy body politfor both civil disagreement and a healthy body politic.

For another thing it calls for ethical convictions, interior standards of conduct strong enough to resist popular pressuFor another thing it calls for ethical convictions, interior standards of conduct strong enough to resist popular pressufor ethical convictions, interior standards of conduct strong enough to resist popular pressure.

The accounts of expulsions or discipline, the colleges say, are few in number; in at least one instance, the basis for the dismissal is in dispute; and the colleges have policies for giving students notice of their standards of conduct and for ensuring fair treatment.

In its current form, the bill could bar a college from setting standards of belief or conduct not just for students, but for faculty — persons who are crucial to carrying out the college's mission.

CT explained the bill and its consequences, which included potentially barring standards of belief and conduct for faculty also.

The bipartisan ethics report contained this damaging statement:» (O) ver a number of years and in a number of situations, Mr. Gingrich showed a disregard and lack of respect for the standards of conduct that applied to his activities.»

Legalists regard laws as unchanging, unchallengeable rules of conduct, as final, authoritative standards for human life.

Of the many terms used for sin in the Old Testament some suggest a failure to «hit the mark» or to conform to some objective standard of conduct, and others suggest an attitude of disloyalty to a persoOf the many terms used for sin in the Old Testament some suggest a failure to «hit the mark» or to conform to some objective standard of conduct, and others suggest an attitude of disloyalty to a persoof conduct, and others suggest an attitude of disloyalty to a persoof disloyalty to a person.

In our own time, for instance, this question is the intellectual shrug that lies behind the institution of multicultural education, the social shrug that lies behind a race - based double standard of conduct, and the moral shrug that lies behind the permission to teach techniques of anal and oral sex to schoolchildren.

Give them clear standards of conduct that reflect the ideals they risk their lives for.»

Some roles in the business world can be conducted better by those who understand themselves as professionals and accept a broad cultural and social responsibility for leadership along with that for the standards of their profession.

Bloom points out, for example, that Oliver Wendell Holmes gave up searching for a principle «to determine which speech or conduct is not tolerable in a democratic society and invoked instead an imprecise and practically meaningless standard — clear and present danger — which to all intents and purposes makes the preservation of public order the only common good» (p. 28).

A double - blind, placebo - controlled food challenge was conducted for other participants (with a total of 9.4 g of peanut protein administered in increments) in accordance with standard dose - escalation procedures25 (see the study protocol).

In Germany, food advertising adheres to the rules of conduct of the German Advertising Standard Council, a self - regulatory framework for responsible marketing.

The gold standard test (meaning the best way of diagnosing something) for food allergies is a double - blind, placebo - controlled food challenge (DBPCFC), conducted under the supervision of a board certified allergist.

To help ensure that Rainforest Alliance, Inc. (the «Rainforest Alliance») complies with the highest standards of financial reporting and lawful and ethical behavior, the Board of Directors of the Rainforest Alliance (the «Board») has established the following procedures for the reporting of illegal or unethical conduct in connection with the Rainforest Alliance's finances, corporate policies, or other aspects of its operations, and the retention and treatment of such complaints, including confidential, anonymous submissions received from directors, officers, employees, and volunteers who provide substantial services to the Rainforest Alliance (who are referred to in this policy as «volunteers»).