Sentences with phrase «standards for fairness»

The Trust Indicators are standardized disclosures that provide clarity on a news organization's ethics and other standards for fairness and accuracy, a journalist's background, and the work behind a news story.

Harvard University's Program on Education and Governance conducts an annual survey of the public's views on education policy that meets the highest standards for fairness and rigor.

This can not be compromised... It bears reiterating that the standard for fairness is not whether the procedure is as exhaustive as a trial, but whether it gives the judge confidence that she can find the necessary facts and apply the relevant legal principles so as to resolve the dispute.»

Not exact matches

We respectfully asked the Cambodian government to continue to improve working conditions for Cambodian factory workers and treat civil society with fairness, in accordance with international standards and norms.»

Joel Reidenberg, a privacy expert with Fordham University, told me, «The relevant EU rules are based on general fair information practice standards, addressing a variety of aspects related to fairness in collection, purpose limitations, transparency of processing, accuracy, data subject access, and remedies for violations, and are more stringent because of their detail as well as some new twists.»

Specific policies include encouraging job creation and innovation in the new energy economy; improving the fairness of employment standards (including re-establishing the National Minimum Wage; reversing «tax giveaways» to corporations; introducing and maintaining balanced budgets; protecting Canadians from «price gouging» by businesses; implementing income stabilization programs for farmers; promoting long - term economic and environmental sustainability of marine and forestry resources; and re-investing in education, skills training and apprenticeships to help Canadians succeed in the economy.

Most importantly, we offer a powerful, unified voice for the industry that reaches a presence beyond individual companies in order to promote the fairness of standards, regulations, and policies concerning non-alcoholic beverages.

Organic farming principles include the use of no chemicals in production and fairness to all workers, while fair trade standards ensure just payment to owners and workers, as well as the appropriate use of funds for supportive social, economic and environmental projects.

I believe we can — and we must — find a way to protect the integrity of college sports by addressing both sides of the coin: fairness and opportunity for college athletes, coupled with the enforcement capability to hold accountable those who undermine the standards of our community.»

I agree the standard of refereeing isn't great and probably has got worse in all fairness but some players are so good at winning fouls now it's not exactly easy for them, Anders Limpar and Robert Pires were both masters at winning fouls but to say that city needed to ref to help them win is a bit unfair on them.

Character Education: ICLS 105/5 27 - 12 (2005) requires teachers to teach students «respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, trustworthiness, and citizenship, in order to raise pupils» honesty, kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral courage» to lessen crimes and raise the standard of good character.

Sen. Andrew Lanza, who co-chaired the committee that ultimately called for the expulsion of former Sen. Hiram Monserrate following his conviction on a misdemeanor charge of abusing his girlfriend, said yesterday that a «precedent» was set with the ex-Queens lawmaker — a precedent that, out of fairness, should now be the standard against which other misbehaving senators are measured.

Mission Statement: The mission statement for the Oneida County Board of Election's office is to establish and increase public confidence in the electoral process by conducting voter registration and elections with the highest level of professional election standards, integrity, security, accuracy, and fairness.

The mayor largely shirked questions about the gubernatorial race, but did comment on what he believed to be important issues for New Yorkers, including economic fairness, «ensuring people have a decent standard of living» and other progressive - leaning ideas.

In its release, the Bar Association said its Judicial Screening Committee considers «integrity, experience, professional ability, education, reputation, industry, temperament, fairness, statutory standards, attitude, and» — wait for it — «punctuality.»

The five pledges are: secure the recovery; raise family living standards; build a hi - tech economy; protect frontline investment in policing, schools, childcare and the NHS — with a new guarantee of cancer test results within a week; and strengthen fairness in communities through controlled immigration, guarantees of education, apprenticeships and jobs for young people and a crackdown on antisocial behaviour.

And in fairness, MCPS sets an even higher standard for college readiness than the testing organizations do (1650 on the SAT versus 1550, and a 24 on the ACT).

For the sake of simplicity and perceived fairness, it is desirable to have a common standard that applies to all grades — or really to all teachers.

When they are used for this purpose, fairness requires that standards be developed to specify the types of work that can be included and the criteria used to evaluate the work.

Sharing interpretations of criteria for judging student work quality across classrooms and schools also helps to ensure fairness as teachers learn to hold each other to similar standards.

These standards support academic rigor and ensure fairness by defining the expectations for success for all students.»

In all fairness, it usually will be: premium rooms are usually at least a little more expensive than standard rooms, and HHonors points are typically only worth 0.3 to 0.5 cents each for standard redemptions anyway.

Several hundred viewers, including dozens of scientists, filed complaints about the film's accuracy, impartiality and fairness with Britain's Office of Communications, or Ofcom, which among many duties monitors standards for programming.

Of the judgment summons procedure of Brooke LJ (at [44]-RRB- summarised the Court's view thus: «The Human Rights Act 1998 has now been in force for just over 2 months, and it is already clear that the introduction of a code setting out modern international standards of fairness is doing work of considerable value in shining light into some of the dustier corners of our law.

«We expect that our member schools will continue to use the LSAT for substantially all of their admissions to provide transparency and fairness by evaluating all applicants using common and consistent standards,» she wrote in an email.

[130] Having regard to institutional fairness will elevate the standard for approval and send the message that courts will not rubber stamp settlements and turn a blind eye to what are in truth strike suits or suits where the defendant or the defendant's insurer pays a modest price for buying peace rather than paying a fair price to compensate the class members for their injuries.

All the things we study over the course of the semester in M&A on, for example, when it makes sense to structure the transaction as a reserve subsidiary merger rather than as a cash tender offer; when to file a Schedule TO or Form S - 4; or whether, if challenged, the board's actions will be reviewed under the entire fairness standard or the more deferential business judgment rule is irrelevant if there is no transaction.

It's important to note that a self - represented litigant whose case was moving too swiftly for fairness would bear the burden of getting their case off the «streamlined» track, with no clear standards for doing so.

In this case, the requirements for fairness and communication are even stricter than with a standard Patent Assignment.

Even a tribunal that acts judicially can surely participate in some meaningful way before a reviewing court, for instance in addressing the standard of review (though see this case) or providing context for an alleged breach of procedural fairness.

For the sake of argument, we'll define ethics as the well - founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues; the study and development of one's standards and beliefs to ensure they're reasonable and well - founded; and striving to ensure that we, and the institutions we help to shape, live up to standards that are reasonable and solidly - based.

As for your suggestion to just let TWU students undergo the time and expense of getting their law degree, then afterwards, if someone like you determines that they meet the approved standard of politically correct thought, the Law Society will then determine whether to allow them to practice their chosen profession — some obvious questions of basic fairness arise.

The MVD recommends using a standard script for all students for each route, to ensure fairness in evaluation.

Perhaps the most important thing any mediating party can do to ensure a satisfying and successful mediation experience is to prepare for the mediation discussions by seeking clarity as to individual desired outcomes and perceived standards of fairness.

For 122 years The Goldsmith Company has been committed the the prosperity and well being of our clients and customers while maintaining the highest standard of fairness, integrity, honesty and professionalism.