Sentence examples for independent responsibilities from inspiring English sources

The directors, however, have their own independent responsibilities to Renaissance and all of its shareholders.

As instructed by the Council, Secretary-General Kofi Annan shortly thereafter appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Sérgio Vieira de Mello as a special representative for Iraq with independent responsibilities for coordinating UN activities and assisting the Iraqi people.

By tackling these independent responsibilities in my "off" hours, I was able to double-book tasks during the week that require the participation of others, such as the podcast I host and other meetings I have planned throughout the week.

The processing of offenders through the formal justice system has previously allowed agencies to work largely in isolation, as each agency has clearly defined and independent responsibilities.

At the same time as they have more independent responsibility compared with their in-patient unit counterparts, only physicians and psychologists have more formal independent responsibilities while other professional groups work by delegation [ 15].

But policymakers have an independent responsibility to assess whether an amendment is wise.

Justice John Paul Stevens, in an opinion joined by Justices David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer, said it remained "the federal courts' independent responsibility" to interpret federal law.

But he may be remembered most for his role as the first governor in the bank's three-century history to have independent responsibility for monetary policy.

It clarifies state obligations to protect human rights from abuses involving private participants such as companies, the independent responsibility of all businesses to respect human rights, and where there is a governance gap, the need for remedies that are consistent with human rights standards.

In response, Mr. Gingrich supports the view that the executive and legislative branches each have an independent responsibility to interpret the Constitution, and in those rare circumstances when they believe the federal courts, including the Supreme Court, have engaged in a serious constitutional error, they can choose among an array of constitutional powers to check and balance the courts.

The AI-GS has independent responsibility for developing the course syllabus (which must be reviewed and approved in advance by a member of the Academic Senate's Committee on Courses and Instruction), setting reading assignments, assignment of grades, including response to grade appeals, and other duties as assigned by the hiring department.