The phrase "cornerstone principles" is correct and is widely used in written English.
It means the fundamental, underlying ideas or ideals by which something, particularly an organization, is guided. For example: "Our company is proud to uphold the cornerstone principles of integrity and respect for all."
Stick with the following cornerstone principles from the first day of school to the last and you'll have a successful year of teaching.
In a letter made public on Thursday, 20 leading human rights activists condemned the legislation as a blow to "the cornerstone principles of the law: the presumption of innocence and legal certainty".
Throughout most of American history this balance of individual and societal rights hinged on the government's fidelity to the cornerstone principles of public use and just compensation, and in many respects it still does.
Gibbs, who won three Super Bowls coaching the Washington Redskins, has written "Racing to Win: Establish Your Game Plan for Success" (Multnomah, $21.99) with Ken Abraham, an inspirational memoir filled with "cornerstone principles" for making money and living a Christian life.
"Respecting taxpayer rights and taxpayer privacy are cornerstone principles for the IRS," the agency said in a statement not attributed to anyone by name.
"Advertisers and their agencies are lacking full disclosure as the cornerstone principle of their media management practices," said Bob Liodice, chief executive of the ANA.
But 53 years on, as the rate of incarceration across the country has more than quadrupled and up to 90% of criminal defendants in the US qualify as indigent, this cornerstone principle of the justice system has been eroded to breaking point.
Informed consent is also the cornerstone principle of research ethics (Emanuel et al., 2000).
We need respect for all to be a cornerstone principle of every school.
Unlike the Baltic states, which all became NATO members in 2004, Finland and Sweden remain outside the treaty organization and lack the protections provided by NATO's Article 5. Article 5 codifies the cornerstone principle of the alliance: collective defense.
Landscape heterogeneity, or diversification of attributes across a particular area, is a cornerstone principle of ecological research on disturbance and ecological change (Pickett and Cadenasso 1995; Turner 1989; Wiens 1995, 2000).
