The HBS students wanted to create a voluntary pledge that would deliberately echo the Hippocratic Oath as a step towards presenting management as a profession with its own code of conduct.

CNN: MBA students pledge to serve the greater good

The coalition agreement included a pledge to create a statutory register of lobbyists, but no legislation has yet been brought forward.

BBC: MPs slam 'foot dragging' over lobbying reforms

The Tories, fulfilling a pledge by David Cameron when he ran for the leadership, promise to create a new group after the European elections in June, uniting mainstream parties of the right that oppose ever closer union.

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