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The phrase 'self-serving attitude' is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to someone who is overly self-indulgent or puts their own interests before those of others. For example, "His self-serving attitude prevents him from seeing the bigger picture."
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The acceptance of these perks and salaries goes to highlight the self-serving attitude these high-ranking officers have".
Make sure they take on the same mean-spirited, self-serving attitude that influenced that policy in the first place.
The revelations prompted anger yesterday among grieving relatives of soldiers who have died as a result of shortages in vital equipment, with campaigners accusing the Defence Management Board of having a self-serving attitude that cannot be afforded in today's financial climate.
Therefore, as a contributing member of the team, a top priority is to care about the success of others (or at least act as though you do)." An unconcerned, detached and self-serving attitude quickly limits career advancement.
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Executives at United have traditionally blamed what they called self-serving attitudes of the unions for pushing the airline's costs sky high.
Of course, there is a great irony here, given that modern culture is widely held to be characterised by individualistic, self-serving attitudes, and by a cult of personality and celebrity.
Hiaasen also pierces the self-serving attitudes of town hall and police administrators, and the scam through which the arm surfaces is, apparently, absolutely true, but even if it wasn't, the pithily sceptical way in which Hiaasen's prose dances through the narrative makes the most ridiculous examples of excess and corruption seem more than credible.
It's also true that we pretend we can deal with this threat by casual self-serving attitudes about who should fight our wars.
While the KDR member's attempt to defend the actions of the Facebook group was widely ridiculed, the unfortunate truth is that arrogant, self-serving, cavalierly misogynist attitudes like his are not confined to frat houses.
We need to challenge these self-serving and outdated attitudes and practices - as we are seeing in Iran where women are at the forefront of the battle for democracy and freedom.
The self-serving, egotistical, arrogant, blame-shifting attitude of this ex-MP says exactly where we are in the political/media debate.
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