Putting mail through 26 million front doors every day gives the postman unique access to every household, and it's a privilege that extends the responsibility of the job beyond one of delivery man, or woman, to - in some cases - neighbourhood watch, community guardian and social worker, rolled into one.
He has already pulled off some notable coups, including getting the Chancellor George Osborne to agree that his committee must approve the hiring of the head of the new Office for Budget Responsibility - the body which has the job of keeping the Government's economic numbers honest.
Having accepted the honor and responsibility of my new job, handed to me from the indefatigable Marie Wilson, I see more than ever the value of intergenerational leadership.
When I accepted the responsibility of raising them, all that came with the job.
But we will not negotiate over the basic responsibility of Congress to do its job, which is to pay the bills incurred by the United States.
While many will consider he should have resigned earlier, his actions appear to show that he did take the social responsibility of his job seriously.
In 1959 Sadruddin became an assistant to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and applied to the job the code of morality and responsibility of his faith.
It is not the responsibility of any future employer to figure out how the employee can do the job, it's the employee's responsibility.
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It was not Ms Pate's responsibility nor part of her job to move the stands and gondolas.
This year the central government launched a new reform that requires provincial governments to take direct responsibility for financing county governments instead of leaving the job to the tier in-between, the prefecture.
As I mentioned recently, while discussing what role, if any, CSR plays today in a job hunt, students are beginning to actively demand their prospective employers discuss their corporate responsibility, pushing it to the forefront of their job search.
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In November 2001, however, the job was made the responsibility of a new Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Just as they should treat people regardless of their degree of responsibility for their own ill health, they should not discriminate against qualified job candidates on the basis of health-related behavior.
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But in France, secondary education, a responsibility of the central state, is meant also to have the job of forming French citizens.
What does one do to get a job in the field of corporate social responsibility?
This is in keeping with a C-level responsibility, but has not typically been in the job description of IT leadership, who have historically been trusted to run the engine room and pretty much stay out of sight.
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One of the things was actually responsibility in being aggressive trying to find a job.
Firstly, Mr Hunt had failed to take responsibility for the actions of special adviser Adam Smith, Mr Miliband said, because Mr Smith had lost his job over the extent of contact between his department and News Corp as it pursued its takeover bid but Mr Hunt was still in his post.
Employers have a responsibility to ensure diversity in their hiring practices to prevent a disproportionate number of minorities and women from being left out of the job market.
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