In doing so, they violated the most basic obligation of any brokerage firm, which is to protect customers' assets.
But we weren't all that bad at the basic obligations of a family; we loved one another, took care of each other, did chores, lived up to the mutual social compact of a home as well or better than almost anyone I knew.
Singer has not regarded such conduct as an enormous moral sacrifice, but only as the discharge of a basic obligation of beneficence.
The editorial states that "casting aspersions on a basic obligation of the United States government is insulting and irresponsible".
"I won't hold negotiations with a government that does not stick to its most basic obligation of fighting terror".
Another way of saying that is that she failed the most basic obligation of stardom, which is to be sexy.
Moreover, both practices breach the basic obligation of fund managers to treat all their investors the same.Mr Spitzer now threatens that he will "litigate until these companies do not exist any more" if mutual funds found guilty of abuses do not fully compensate shareholders for their losses and hand back their management fee.
Also, 5 CFR 2635.101, which details the "basic obligation of public service" requires that employees "shall act impartially and not give preferential treatment to any private organization or individual".
Indeed a law prescribing federal employees' "basic obligations of public service" includes this duty: "Employees shall disclose waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption to appropriate authorities".
