The phrase 'improper record' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a documented record which has not been accurately or properly kept. For example, "The financial department revealed an improper record of sales from the previous quarter."
A surprising aspect of Mr. Todaro's case was that his certification was suspended in 2004 by the environmental agency, which cited poor building surveys and improper record keeping.
But the report failed to completely remove a cloud hanging over the company as a result of the backdating of options and improper record keeping, especially concerning two large option grants made to Mr. Jobs in 2000 and 2001.
Police officials suspended DNA testing at the laboratory after an audit completed in December found a host of problems with its methods, including poor calibration and maintenance of equipment, improper record keeping and a lack of safeguards against contamination of samples.
Telecommunications equipment maker PairGain Technologies pair fell only marginally after the company said it had agreed to plead guilty to charges of improper record keeping and pay a $1.4 million penalty in connection with investment losses incurred four years ago.
The agency also blamed improper record-keeping and accounting and lax supervision for the failure.
The audit found that improper record-keeping, including duplicated spreadsheets, handwritten receipts and a lack of a central database to track the transfers, contributed to the report's findings.
Last week, WorldCom's board hired Mr. McLucas, who is also co-chairman of the securities practice at the Washington law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, to conduct an investigation into accounting practices that resulted in the improper recording of more than $3.8 billion of expenses in 2001 and 2002.
Continental Airlines was fined $100,000 last year for improper record-keeping related to disability complaints.
"During the past several months, the two entities put into action a plan to present blatantly fraudulent documents related to the recording and accessing of calls in order to mislead defendants, courts, the Board of Supervisors, and the public about the actual scope of improper recording and accessing of calls," Sanders wrote.
But in August 2018, a Global Tel Link executive admitted that a list of phone numbers flagged by inmates for private phone calls with their attorneys and doctors was not transferred into the system because of "human error". That mistake allowed the improper recording of 1,079 privileged calls over a three-year period.
An M&M reviewing a complicated delivery found inconsistent and improper recording of partographs (Domains of Causal Analysis: Clinical operations, Equipment, and Personnel).
