Sentence examples for violating procedure from inspiring English sources

The problem in a government discussion, particularly a multi-agency discussion, is that everyone can say "no," and worse, since their incentives are loaded toward risk avoidance (they get punished for violating procedure, but never punished for missing an opportunity), they have a tendency to say "no" a lot, in fact to say "no" by default.

Russia accused me of violating procedure.

A subsequent investigation by the DOE's inspector general concluded that Lash, while violating procedure, had not broken any laws.

It concluded that American personnel had made significant errors, including violating procedures, that led to those deaths.

The testimony was important for the Busch family's lawsuit against the city because it suggested that under Sergeant O'Brien's command, the police might have inflamed a tense situation, violating procedures that call for isolating and containing emotionally disturbed people.

In a statement on its Web site, the court said Georgia violated procedure by failing to hold direct talks with Russia over the dispute before going to court.

This paper studies two important explanations of why people violate procedure invariance: loss aversion and scale compatibility.

They even violated procedure to shut out student voices one meeting, to expedite the vote.

Officials said they did not believe that any Correction officers had violated procedures.

The office is examining whether they did anything wrong or violated procedures for transporting a prisoner.

Yes, we made mistakes," Mr. Cartisano said, insisting that employees who violated procedures were always dismissed.