As a Texas judge, Melinda Harmon, remarked in a related case, Andersen had shown a "callous, reckless disregard for its duty to investors and the public trust for decades".Why then had investors not shunned the bonds and shares of Andersen's clients?
It can run without user interface for most of its duties, and removing these components gives it a markedly smaller footprint.
Gerry Morrissey, Bectu's general secretary, accused Ofcom of an "abdication of its duties" for failing to take account of complaints from viewers and MPs.
In addition to the familiar reasons for fulfilling its duties of support, honesty, reciprocity etc., it is plausible to suppose that doing so also expresses and is known to express loyalty to one's friends, and that that gives additional support to the duties.
The SEC and a parade of bloviating Senators rightly pilloried Goldman for ignoring its duties to its clients.
He felt that, for now, the country needed the U.S. military, as much for its peacekeeping duties as for its combat role.
Securities regulators in Massachusetts allege that Fairfield Greenwich failed to carry out due diligence when dealing with Mr Madoff, and had a "complete disregard for its fiduciary duties" towards its customers.
Tom Korologos, a Republican operative who was Mr. Nixon's Senate liaison, said that as the House impeachment vote drew close in 1974 the Senate had already devised plans for its subsequent duties.
The squadron continued to train as an air-portable unit, and participated in a number of exercises to prepare for its new duties, including reconnaissance of enemy positions and counter-attacking enemy infantry and armour.
Because Anouilh's Creon speaks up for authority and its duties against the luxury of individual protest.
