Similarly, in 1986, Mr. Fischler, as president of the Antwerp Diamond Bourse, defended the industry's time-honored practices of secrecy and sealing a deal with a handshake.
For the root of these practices of secrecy appears to be a perverse kind of historical narcissism, a desire for a Whiggish gaze into an unblemished national past that leads to our time.
Judge Haden ordered C.E.S. to make the source code available to Nunn in Charleston, but he ratified the company's practice and requirement of secrecy, and he decreed, "Dr. Nunn will not reveal any information to anyone..
Judge Haden ordered C.E.S. to make the source code available to Nunn in Charleston, but he ratified the company's practice and requirement of secrecy, and he decreed, "Dr. Nunn will not reveal any information to anyone...
Increasing the minimum wage and ending practices of salary secrecy, create and pass family leave policies, and increase child care support are a few easy steps to close the gap.
Hospitals are permitted by law to practice under a veil of secrecy that no public corporation or government division enjoys -- and by this I mean the methods by which hospitals extend and maintain credentialing privileges of physicians.
The lawmakers were particularly critical of secrecy practices at the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund and the International Olympic Committee.
Another kind of secrecy practiced in medicine is the concealment of surgical wounds and scars.
And they did it largely with money from public pension funds, hiding their high fees and questionable business practices behind an iron curtain of secrecy.
In the case of the LGT bank, which is owned and financially benefits Liechtenstein's royal family, the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations revealed in 2008: "LGT practices contributed to a culture of secrecy and deception that enabled LGT clients to use the bank's services to evade U.S. taxes, dodge creditors, and ignore court orders".
