But come Monday, fathers are expected to regress back into their lives of responsibility and lower place on the family chain of command.

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But last month, Mr Adriano delegated hands-on responsibility of the supermarket chain to his deputy, David Bremner, to allow himself to concentrate on strategy.

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He was tired of the responsibility of running his own show and wanted to work in supply chain management, which had been part of his job as the head of his company.

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"Apple is committed to ensuring the highest standards of social responsibility throughout our supply chain, " Apple said in an e-mail reply Wednesday to the organizations making the allegations.

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After a series of conversations with the CFO of the company, Chopra took over responsibility of IT as CIO in early 2006 while keeping his supply chain responsibilities.

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America's Certified Cargo Screening Programme makes shippers, forwarders and manufacturers take responsibility for their part of the supply chain.

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