In a statement, Ikea acknowledged that an internal investigation, conducted after the news media revelations last year, had uncovered "regrettable practices, contrary to our values and ethics standards". That inquiry resulted in the dismissal in May 2012 of four directors of the French unit, including the head of risk management, and an overhaul of the company's code of conduct.
In addition to concerns about reproducibility of results, these regrettable practices ultimately impede the researchers' own productivity.
This practice is regrettable and ought to be stopped immediately".
That a major publisher should condone such a long-outmoded practice is regrettable.
She continued to jab at what she perceived as the backwardness of conservative Muslims and the regrettable tolerance of these practices by moderates.
"The vitriol and hate that presently permeates the immigration debate, combined with a regrettable change in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement practices, made it necessary for the Board of Education to take a strong stand in solidarity with our families and our communities," Zimmer said in a statement released after the vote.
A CagA detection kit has been used in clinical practice, but it is regrettable that there are currently no drugs that target CagA-positive H. pylori.
Nozick's egalitarian critics have insisted that such practices may be a regrettable necessity.
From a methodological viewpoint, this is regrettable for a variety of reasons; existing exemplary practices may not have been identified while practices illustrated in this article may have been overestimated in the overall context of fragmented information.
Practicing what you preach It's a regrettable irony, notes Whitby, that schools try to instill a love in lifelong learning in their students but don't really set the same bar for their teachers.
