The phrase "address duty" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is referring to the responsibility or obligation to deal with a particular issue or task.
Example: "As a team leader, it is my responsibility to address duty and ensure that all tasks are completed on time."
Alternatives: "fulfill responsibility" or "attend to obligation".
It does not address duties for which it is impermissible to use force to ensure compliance or to rectify (e.g., punish) non-compliance (e.g., a duty to see your mother on her birthday).
It does not address impersonal duties (duties owed to no one) or duties owed to self.
Mr Clarke, the last Chancellor to sip alcohol during his Budget address, reduced duty on spirits but announced a 40% increase on tax on so-called alcopops.
Their principal contents address the duties of people at different stages of life, or ashramas (studenthood, householdership, retirement, and renunciation); dietary regulations; offenses and expiations; and the rights and duties of kings.
Legislators may also choose to draft a new public act to address the duties of emergency managers throughout the state.
Although most human rights documents address the duties of states towards their own citizens only, this is a case where, arguably, this limitation does not fully apply.
In addition, an interview addressing home duties, social and leisure activities was conducted.
The health and welfare of our students is foremost in our efforts and the $1m towards a student residence will help us address the necessary duty of care to young students".
Indeed, the time to address the ethical duty to provide care is at hand – before the arrival of the next public health emergency.
In light of the recent experience of Canadian physicians, nurses, and other HCWs on the frontlines of the SARS outbreak, we submit that the Canadian health care community should lead the charge to address issues of duty to care and ethical obligations in times of public health emergencies.
