Sentence examples for sidestepping responsibility from inspiring English sources

IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE EVEN THE SLIMIEST USED-CAR salesman sidestepping responsibility as completely as Microsoft does in licensing its Web browser.

"They have sidestepped responsibility to properly apologise for things, putting it on p53 in a tiny paragraph that only Sherlock Holmes could find".

The moves came in recent days in response to articles last week in The New York Times that reported how some major railroad companies had sidestepped responsibility in grade-crossing accidents.

In her opening statement, she said Jahar would not "sidestep responsibility" for the attacks, but that "it was Tamerlan Tsarnaev who self-radicalised; it was Jahar who followed him".

NATIONAL REPORTING Walt Bogdanich The New York Times The judges honored Mr. Bogdanich for his series "Death on the Tracks," which revealed that some major railroad companies sidestepped responsibility for grade-crossing fatalities by destroying or losing evidence and failing to report hundreds of accidents, and also showed the ineffective oversight by government regulators.

The subject matter becomes irrelevant as the emotionally abusive partner sidesteps responsibility at all cost".

He rejected the defense's suggestions that Tamerlan was the mastermind as "an attempt to sidestep responsibility, not to accept responsibility".

Much of the job growth in the Inland Empire comes from warehouses operated by subcontractors for companies such as Wal-Mart, Macy's and Kohl's, on terms that may allow the big employers to dictate the workload but sidestep responsibility for working conditions.

"To take that away from me unlawfully, I feel I would be sidestepping my responsibility by not defending myself.

Putting Safety Check activation in this protective, semi-algorithmic swaddling means the company can cushion itself from blame when the feature is (or is not) activated — since it's not making case-by-case decisions itself — yet also (apparently) sidestep the responsibility for its technology enabling widespread algorithmic stress.

But in doing so, we sidestep taking responsibility.