Earlier the inquiry heard from Conservative MP Stephen Dorrell, who was national heritage secretary in the mid-90s under John Major, with responsibility for media policy.
The tragedy highlights the fact that major corporations have a responsibility to engage in rigorous risk management.
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Coca-Cola 's (nyse: KO - news - people ) plan to expense stock options is being hailed as a major step in corporate responsibility.
And there are few major companies that take this responsibility as seriously as Intel.
That seems to be the idea of Bob Must, spokesman for Physicians for Social Responsibility, a major test-ban advocate.
Following the recent local elections Mr Ferguson said he hoped all four parties would let their members join his cabinet, but insisted he would continue to take personal responsibility for all major decisions.
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Following the recent local elections mayor George Ferguson said he hoped all four parties would let their members join his cabinet, but added he would continue to take personal responsibility for all major decisions.
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At the end of July, a major milestone took place when responsibility for the security of Afghanistan's volatile southern region was handed from a U.S.-led coalition to the NATO force and 8, 000 of its troops.
Jesse Siegel, Kolontyrskiy's attorney, said his client was by no means a major instigator, but he takes responsibility for his actions.
It bears significant responsibility for almost every major economic upheaval of the past 100 years, including the Great Depression, the 1970s stagflation, and the recent financial crisis.
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"As a social institution, Major League Baseball has an enormous social responsibility to provide equal opportunities for all people, both on and off the field, " Selig said in a statement.
Many major companies have embraced comprehensive Corporate Social Responsibility policies as a more effective (and legal) way of managing relations with the states and societies in the countries in which they operate.
For the first time in history all major economies have come together to accept their responsibility to take action to confront the threat of climate change.
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And fairness, a major piece of civil rights legislation is their responsibility and that has to do with making sure that everyone has fair acess to credit.
Conservative peer Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, who had responsibility for Scottish affairs under John Major, said he feared the bill would result in much higher taxes for those north of the border.
And that's why I'm proposing a Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee to be imposed on major financial firms until the American people are fully compensated for the extraordinary assistance they provided to Wall Street.
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Neil Glick, a Washington real estate agent who approached the embassy about honoring Peshev after traveling to the country in the 1990s and researching his story, said he had a major role in drafting the request and accepted responsibility for any misstatements in it.
"On the basis of these allegations it seems to me that, prima facie, there are grounds for a major investigation by the various commissioners who have responsibility for standards in Westminster and the Northern Ireland Assembly, and presumably at a local council level as well, " he said.
The past year has seen major advances in upholding the emerging doctrine of the responsibility to protect.
For once, a major public company with a household-name brand took responsibility for its supply chain.
In that incident, a group of hackers quickly claimed responsibility for defacing the site, as well as major media websites.
The Health Minister Edwin Poots, who has responsibility for the service, is expected to publish the results of two major internal investigations next week.
In its investigation of the explosion aboard a rig leased from Transocean ( RIG), which killed 11 and resulted in a major environmental disaster, BP said a variety of factors were to blame, and looked to share responsibility with it partners and contractors at the site.
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This is the direct result of major rewrites of the Export Administration Act in 1985 and 1988, by which Congress awarded the Commerce Department exclusive responsibility in a number of relevant areas.
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