JAKIM, Malaysia's department for Islamic development, takes responsibility for upholding halal standards.
While the formal responsibility for upholding the Taliban's version of Islamic law lay with the armed forces of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, officials of other departments and ministries also seem to have viewed themselves as enforcers more than governors.
In a culture that fetishizes chastity to the point of throwing father-daughter Purity Balls celebrating virginity, women bear a disproportionate amount of responsibility for upholding these strict social mores and are often instructed not to tempt male "urges" with their low-cut shirts and tight clothes.
In a culture that fetishises chastity to the point of throwing father-daughter Purity Balls celebrating virginity, women bear a disproportionate amount of responsibility for upholding these strict social mores and are often instructed not to tempt male "urges" with their low-cut shirts and tight clothes.
The ethical responsibility for upholding nutritional quality in elder care should be more equally distributed between staff, local management and persons holding top positions.
Treatment choices were based on minimising disruption to usual activities, upholding responsibilities, and maintaining personal interests.
However, there seems to be nothing incompatible about viewing health-care delivery as a mixed public/private market in which non-state actors are better placed to deliver some services and, at the same time, upholding the state's ultimate responsibility for the health of its citizens.
As a psychiatrist, he has upheld his professional and ethical obligation to uphold the best interest of vulnerable patients for whom he has responsibility for.
Indeed, despite having upheld President Obama's record all night, she sought to shift the ultimate responsibility for the Libyan venture to him, remarking that "the President made that decision".
Moreover, the amendment upheld the national debt while exempting the federal government and state governments from any responsibility for the debts incurred by the rebellious Confederate States of America.
The new ruling, Board of Education v. Earls, No. 01-332, upheld testing students involved in extracurricular activities and suggested that under the schools' "custodial responsibility" for students' welfare, testing all students would be acceptable.
