Sentences with phrase «such on conflicts of interest»

Nestlé refuses to take notice of the many World Health Assembly Resolutions that call for safeguards to prevent such on Conflicts 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.

«Based on the extensive public comments and evidence garnered during that process, the department determined that such conflicts of interest are widespread and could cost investors in individual retirement accounts (in one segment of the market alone) between $ 95 billion and $ 189 billion over the next 10 years,» wrote the Justice Department lawyers.

But the U.S. Office of Government Ethics said in a letter to Democratic Senator Tom Carper of Delaware on Monday that such a transfer would not qualify legally as a blind trust nor eliminate conflicts of interest.

The law does not prohibit such transactions, but it looks with suspicion on them based on the inherent conflicts of interest.

These responsibilities include: (i) fostering processes that allow the Board to function independently of management and encouraging open and effective communication between the Board and management of the Company; (ii) providing input to the Chairman on behalf of the independent Directors with respect to Board agendas; (iii) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, as well as regularly scheduled executive sessions of independent Directors; (iv) in the case of a conflict of interest involving a Director, if appropriate, asking the conflicted Director to leave the room during discussion concerning such matter and, if appropriate, asking such Director to recuse him or herself from voting on the relevant matter; (v) communicating with the Chairman and the CEO, as appropriate, regarding meetings of the independent Directors and resources and information necessary for the Board to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities; (vi) serving as liaison between the Chairman and the independent Directors; (vii) being available to Directors who have concerns that can not be addressed through the Chairman; (viii) having the authority to call meetings of the independent Directors; and (ix) performing other functions as may reasonably be requested by the Board or the Chairman.

Hence «ideology» is probably best reserved for that distortion and bias in understanding whose guiding interests are located, not simply in some culture, nor simply on one side or the other of an intrasocietal conflict, but quite particularly on the privileged side of such a conflict.

In an ideal world, systematic reviews provide access to all the available evidence on specific exposure — disease associations, but publication bias related to authors» conflicts of interest may affect the reliability of the conclusions of such studies.

Paediatricians and prestigious institutions that work on child health such as the RCPCH must recognise how accepting funding from such companies is a clear conflict of interest that not only violates World Health Assembly Resolutions [3] and creates opportunities for undue influence, but is an essential part of the corporate plan.

Were WHO to give such a recommendation, it would have to follow a strict guideline development process based on grading of all available evidence collected through systematic reviews by expert panels free from conflict of interest.»

This clarification was necessitated when our Global Council, on behalf of IBFAN, had to take a strategic decision whether or not and under what conditions IBFAN should participate in two new initiatives by UNICEF and WHO, WHO NetCode, and the UNICEF Breastfeeding Advocacy Initiative, both receiving funding from the BMGF, which has direct links and gets its returns from the baby food industry and also engages with entities such as the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) that create situations of risk of conflicts of Interest in infant and young child feeding.

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

Any members participating in the Board's consideration of a matter involving self - serving or conflicting interest shall state the nature of the conflict in speaking to the issue, recuse from voting on such matters and such recusal shall be so recorded.

Any member of a panel who is or was a relative, partner, associate, employer or employee of any person who appears before said panel for the purpose of being screened shall disclose such relationship to the Administrator and shall be disqualified from voting with respect to such person; the Committee on the Judiciary may establish guidelines which are more restrictive in order to prevent conflicts of interest.

«On the part of the public, they need to be prepared for the long as well as the short campaign, to see our participation alongside allies in such conflict not as an atavistic, misguided attempt to recapture past glories, but as a necessary engagement in order for us to protect our security and advance our interests and values in the modern world,» he stated.

And in a year in which the status quo at state Capitol is under assault from virtually every direction, Martland is calling on Breslin to return the insurance largesse, labeling it a fundamental conflict of interest that he accepts such a large portion of his campaign war chest from an industry he's supposed to be regulating.

In the past decade, ethical questions in science have made headlines on issues such as the patenting of human genes, financial conflicts of interest in biomedical research and risk assessments related to environmental exposure to chemicals.

The course consists of faculty lectures on videos and printable PowerPoint slides that examine topics such as «ownership of material and data,... authorship, [and] conflict of interest,» as illustrated by real - life dilemmas.

It has become a way of glossing over irresolvable conflict between groups with some interests in common, such as taxpayers (who want to save money), scientists (who want to spend it on exciting projects) and people with disabilities (who hope public funds will improve the quality of their life).

An investigation into such activities was conducted in 2015 with a focus on financial conflicts of interest, but it is remarkable that ethical issues and the possible damage to KI's reputation were overlooked.

In his infomercial on behalf of for - profit education enterprises, there is a technological determinism that assumes no opposition from or conflict with special interests such as teacher unions, administrators, and education bureaucracies.

As an intern, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of matters such as: appropriations, fiscal law and financial management; acquisitions, financial assistance and public private partnerships; innovative financing; real property and asset management; information technology investment and capital planning; employee ethical conduct, conflicts of interest and political activities; equal employment opportunity and other civil rights matters; Federal personnel and employment; and alternative dispute resolution.

As seems to be its custom in such reports, the GAO communicates its conclusion in the titles: «Key Information on Target Date Funds as Default Investments Should Be Provided to Plan Sponsors and Participants» and «Improved Regulation Could Better Protect Participants from Conflicts of Interest» — and, IMHO, there's little controversy in those statements.

The Lavazza arrangment was blessedly free of such direct conflicts of interest, notes one former Guggenheim museum employee — although it did initially focus on sponsoring shows featuring Italian artists.

While several early images derive from the artist's own interest in common objects from the studio, such as a television set or a lamp, this exhibition also concentrates on images of war — and televised images of conflict.

While it is common for federal agencies to farm out environmental impact studies, legal experts said they were surprised the State Department was not more circumspect about the potential for real and perceived conflicts of interest on such a large and controversial project.

The hearing was on a bill banning such conflicts of interest.

«Perhaps the extent of the revolving door phenomenon across Europe is one of the reasons why the European Union and its Member States have been siding with other large polluting economies such as the USA and Canada in their attempts to block discussions on conflicts of interest, despite the fact that governments from across the globe have raised this as an issue at the UN level,» the report's introduction said.

The point that you miss is that having an assembly overwhelmingly made up of and elected by the practising bar inevitably means that there is a conflicting self - interest on issues such as described in my column.

Consultation with attorneys and law firms throughout the state on issues of legal ethics such as conflicts of interest or law firm dissolution

The «Application Lists» of the International Bar Association (IBA) Guidelines on Conflict of Interest in International Arbitration provide a theoretical basis for considering such ethical conflicts.

Not only can controversial conflicts of interest cases have a significant impact on the climate in which they operate, the publicity they generate is fuelling other developments, such as lobbyist registers, and in some cases leading to an increase in queries from council members seeking informal advice on conflicts.

The letter concluded by stating that the director expected a written response on or before May 2, 2008, confirming the outside activities had stopped, and that if he did not receive such a response by that date, he would consider Cavanagh to remain in a conflict of interest situation and committing an act of insubordination warranting discipline up to and including termination.

This has opened up the possibility of pro bono work, but the department has also needed to work with pro bono organizations on practicalities such as avoiding conflicts of interest, explains Bill Basran, director general of the Department of Justice's B.C. regional office and who has been closely involved with the project.

The team also finds time to provide legal training to the company's roughly 230 employees on topics such as anti-corruption, conflict of interest, human rights and ethics.

The EU seals ban is — in short — a prime example of a conflict resulting out of globalization: as a result of extensive economic ties between countries, people on one side of the globe become aware of activities on the other side that are objectionable in their view, and no longer wish to be a part of those objectionable activities, which decision in turn affects the economic interests of those engaged in such activities.

Insurance companies such as ICBC, however fair, are in a conflict of interest when it comes to advising on a personal injury claim.

It expressly deals with common practical contractual issues such as battle of forms, conflict between standard and non-standard terms, substituted contract, when interest on damages will accrue and currency in which to assess damages.

On appeal, the First Circuit certified three questions to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: (1) whether an insurer owes a duty under an insurance policy or the Massachusetts «in for one, in for all» rule to prosecute an insured's counterclaim; (2) whether an insurer owes a duty to fund the prosecution of an insured's counterclaim as part of «Defense Costs;» and (3) when such a duty might give rise to a conflict of interest, so that the insured is entitled to separate counsel at the insurer's expense.

The paradigm case of such interference would be state - imposed duties on lawyers that conflict with or otherwise undermine compliance with the lawyer's duty of commitment to serving the client's legitimate interests.

This provision is also interesting in that it appears to conflict more or less directly with the U.N.'s own Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, who has issued an opinion that such cut - offs are likely inconsistent with the right to free expression enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (A / HRC / 17.27):

If, however, the demands on the person's time and the possibility of conflicts of interest are not substantial, such a person may continue to act, without compensation, as an executor, administrator, trustee, or other fiduciary for the estate or person of one who is not a member of the person's family if terminating the relationship would unnecessarily jeopardize any substantial interest of the estate or person and if the judicial council of the circuit approves.

If we identify that such a conflict of interest exists, we will immediately let you know and withdraw from further communication with you on the subject.

On the other hand, if there is such a tension then the resulting conflict of interest, most notably as a violation of the duty of loyalty, might have the same effect.

Domestic rules and international guidelines — such as the International Bar Association (IBA) Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration (available here)-- provide standards that should be followed in consumer arbitration as well.

In the area of general ethics, he has written and done research on such topics as cheating and conflicts of interest.

Forward - looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward - looking information, including but not limited to: risks related to changes in cryptocurrency prices; the estimation of personnel and operating costs; general global markets and economic conditions; risks associated with uninsurable risks; risks associated with currency fluctuations; competition faced in securing experienced personnel with appropriate industry experience and expertise; risks associated with changes in the financial auditing and corporate governance standards applicable to cryptocurrencies and ICO's; risks related to potential conflicts of interest; the reliance on key personnel; financing, capitalization and liquidity risks including the risk that the financing necessary to fund continued development of the Company's business plan may not be available on satisfactory terms, or at all; the risk of potential dilution through the issuance of additional common shares of the Company; the risk of litigation.

Family Mediation Service The main features of the Family Mediation Service are as follows: a) The FMS is a free professional and confidential service for couples, married and non-married, who have decided to separate or divorce and who together want to negotiate the terms of their separation or divorce; b) Mediation helps parties reach an agreement that meets their interests and those of their children; and c) The FMS also deals with a small number of cases which involve conflict between other members of a family (e.g. parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren on issues such as wills).

The objectives of this corporation shall be: to advance marriage and family therapy as an art, a science and a mental health profession; to assist CAMFT in furthering its objectives on a local level; to serve and represent the common professional and business interests of marriage and family therapists; to set and maintain professional standards for marriage and family therapists; to advocate and work to achieve public and private policies for the advancement of family life; to engage in such other lawful activities as is allowed by law and / or as is set forth in the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation; and, to pursue such other objectives and purposes that are in the best interests of CAMFT, its members and the members of this chapter that are not in conflict with CAMFT's Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or Ethical Standards for Marriage and Family Therapists.

If then such potential exists for lawyers whose arguments rest on the agreement put together by the REALTOR, then it seems to me that the REALTOR's role in creating same is the first conflict of interest.