Based upon extensive conversations last month with scores of officials, religious leaders, demonstrators, businessmen and others among the 9, 300 inhabitants of Vieques, I believe most Viequenses are actually prepared to accept continued, realistic military operations on their island - provided their legitimate concerns about safety, environmental responsibility and just compensation are addressed in good faith by the Pentagon.
Last July the authorities agreed to set up the compensation fund and charged the government with the responsibility of collecting the money.
And the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program uses tax money to pay compensation awards and absolves the drug companies of financial responsibility.
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In addition to general oversight, the board's other key responsibility is to establish salary and other compensation levels for the key officers at rates that are in some way tied to performance.
Xcel is not the first company to begin accepting responsibility for its carbon footprint by tying it to management compensation.
The committee's charter says its responsibility include making recommendations to the full board regarding AIG's compensation programs and reviewing and approving any hiring, severance or termination payments.
"Immediate relief and long-term compensation must be provided by the brands who were sourcing from these factories, and responsibility taken for their lack of action to prevent this happening, " she said in a statement to the BBC.
Morgan clawed back two years of total annual compensation, including restricted stock, and canceled options grants, from three London-based managers who had direct responsibility for the trading portfolio at the heart of the losses.
With government employee pensions skyrocketing, high unemployment compensation debt and an increasing amount of taxpaying businesses fleeing the state, California is learning a hard lesson in fiscal responsibility.
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Libya has never accepted responsibility for the downing of the UTA flight above Niger which claimed 170 lives, but agreed to pay compensation after a Paris court convicted six Libyans of the bombing in absentia.
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