It revealed that fewer than half did any sustainability reporting and of those that do, it is often cursory and narrowly focused on issues such as the costs to the company of regulations to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
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In the early days of PayPal, the company could skirt regulations more easily than Visa or Mastercard, because it had far less to fear if it was shut down.
By now, most social program experts recognize organizations like FINRA can be invoked to make sure what financial services companies and their employees say on behalf of the company comply to regulations.
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In a related development, the company also filed a petition with the FCC asking the agency to relax legacy regulations the company argues are impeding even faster retirement of legacy networks.
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Figuring out what motivates individuals to blow the whistle on crimes they witness is a key factor to the effectiveness of any regulations or company policies.
Argenbright put a compliance program in place at Philadelphia Airport -- but not before another FAA audit showed that the company continued to violate regulations, including the hiring of individuals with prior criminal records.
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Worse yet, regulations tied the company in knots before it even had a product.
For the rig Sterling Vaughn oversees, regulations and the company's goals call for zero pollution.
Saudi authorities threatened to ban BlackBerry service in the kingdom in 2010, accusing the company of not complying with regulations.
Pfizer has entered into multiple corporate integrity agreements with the government that promise the company will adhere to federal regulations and the law.
Reckless enforcement, or a bias against a regulated industry, is also counter-productive because it removes company incentives to comply with regulations, thereby undermining the purpose behind enforcement, which is to ensure voluntary compliance.
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"The company adheres to all rules and regulations having to do with material disclosure, " O'Donnell said.
C. regulations that require a company to disclose its finances to the public.
Profits are much more important than revenues, and the regulations under which a company must operate can severely impair profits.
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Some observers have predicted that ITV plc may decide against renewing its public service licences if the company is faced with too many regulations and obligations.
Fluffing a company, pushing the limits of regulations, hyping the public are time-tested roads to fast money, though of course they contribute nothing in terms of value creation.
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While changing these federal regulations appeared to be an insurmountable task for this small start-up to accomplish on its own, Rusnano helped the company convince policymakers to change the regulations.
The company must self enforce its own regulations.
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The company now enjoys lower taxes and regulations.
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Investment crowdfunding is the opposite method, allowing companies to sell a percentage of ownership in their company to accredited investors (future regulations established by the Securities and Exchange Commission will allow non-accredited individuals to invest in private ventures in the near future).
The systemic risk regulator is empowered to collect data, recommend new regulations and intervene when a company is considered to pose a risk.
Hewlett-Packard has denied the allegations, saying that the sales were approved by the company and complied with all laws and regulations governing insider sales.
But aside from beefing up drug company inspections abroad and tightening food safety regulations, there is no justification for the FDA to receive additional funding.
The company denied violating federal or state mercury regulations.
He said some drivers who had broken driving time regulations were no longer with the company and others had been re-trained.
As the Internet continues to bring people and countries even closer, the patchwork nature of regulations is another headache for any company that starts climbing the hockey stick of adoption.
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The criminal investigation into the company is trying to establish whether the company overfilled the reservoir, in breach of regulations, and whether the management knew of a structural weakness, and did nothing.
Alibaba recently transferred ownership of the unit to Alibaba CEO Jack Ma, a move the company said was necessary to comply with Chinese regulations barring foreign investment in domestic online payment services.
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New York (CNN) -- The head of Delta Air Lines says he is disappointed that a suspected terrorist was able to bring explosives on board a Christmas Day flight despite the company's efforts to follow federal safety regulations.
But Ms Maslow says government work can expose contractors to a greater risk of litigation, because a company may have unwittingly failed to comply with government regulations.
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