Sentence examples for abusing responsibility from inspiring English sources

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There is no limit to the damage a powerful ego can cause, from the arrogant conviction that our own opinions are the only right ones and everyone should be made to agree, to wielding and abusing responsibility and authority at the expense of other people's lives and freedoms.

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If the UK left the Convention, the Bill of Rights would include responsibilities and limit some rights for groups who abuse responsibilities.

Fielden accused English Heritage, which cares for the stone circle and owns the visitor centre opened last year, and the National Trust, which owns thousands of acres of surrounding farmland, of abusing their responsibility to care for the site.

He said the media had "abused" its responsibility by getting hold of official documents.

The really disturbing thing about cases such as Martin's and Lawrence's is that they reveal how cavalierly states abuse this responsibility.

The schools chancellor, Dennis M. Walcott, issued a statement saying: "After reviewing the special commissioner's report, it is obvious to me that Mr. Namnum abused his responsibility and privileges to secure a job for his wife, who was clearly unqualified.

On Capitol Hill, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, put forward a draft bill that would break the usual chain of command inside the military for cases of sexual abuse, taking responsibility for the decision on the way they are handled away from commanders and giving them instead to lower-rank officers with special training on the prosecution of criminal offences.

Even though business leaders are exposed to every management theory and best practice, switching to a people-centered approach (which is the opposite of command- and-control leadership) would however means relinquishing control to others and trusting that employees will not abuse that responsibility.

"It's a cynical abuse of responsibility when advocates pretend to be journalists," she says.

Stevens says that "I hate this issue," since, presumably, it's an abuse of responsibility and precedent, but adds that "it's unlikely to have much of an impact on races in 2016 because it's such a tumultuous year".

In the rare event than an admin might be found to be abusing such responsibilities, he or she may be subject to a loss of admin privileges.

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