First, do we now expect a higher standard of behaviour from banks than from other businesses, such as architects or law firms or those in private medicine?

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EU, should be held to a higher standard of behaviour.

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Many would defend utility theory (as well as other aspects of their standard model of behaviour) as a useful approximation, pointing out that exceptions to approximations can always be found.

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Isabella Sankey of Liberty, a pressure group, fears the CPI could be worse than the ASBO, as the standard of proof will be lower and the test of anti-social behaviour broader.

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Perhaps more important than an educational standard may be a general agreement on what constitutes professional standards of behaviour.

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The Transportation Security Administration has begun testing a new program allowing agents to select passengers to bypass standard security checks instead of an expedited line based on personal observations about passengers' behaviour.

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