Abuse of Authority Sample Clauses

Abuse of Authority. The term ‘‘abuse of authority’’ means an arbitrary and capricious exercise of authority by a contracting official or employee that adversely affects the rights of any person, or that results in personal gain or advantage to the official or employee or to preferred other persons.
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Abuse of Authority. Exists when an individual uses his/her expressed or implied authority or position to undermine, sabotage or otherwise interfere with the career of another employee or the provision of goods and services to clients. This definition includes such blatant acts of misuse of power as intimidation, threats, blackmail and coercion and applies to the distribution of work assignments or training opportunities, promotional opportunities, performance evaluations or the provision of references. Abuse of authority also includes favouritism of one employee to the disadvantage of another.
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Abuse of Authority. “Abuse of authority” is a kind of harassment wherein an instructor or pilot employed or retained by BFC misuses the power inherent in their position to unfairly endanger the position or status of an Associate or Member of BFC, undermines them, threatens them, or in any way improperly interferes with their participation in a BFC-related activity. It should not be confused with the legitimate instruction and training duties, regardless of whether the individual disagrees with the said action or finds such action(s) to have been unreasonable or inappropriate. It is more than a critical comment regarding a student or trainee’sperformance.
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Abuse of Authority. The Employer, the employees, and the Union recognize that all persons employed by the Employer stand to benefit from working in an environment free from abuse of authority. (a) For the purpose of this Article and Article 12 [Complaint Procedure], abuse of authority means improperly using a position of authority to endanger another person’s job, undermine their job performance, or negatively interfere with their career. It includes humiliation, intimidation, threats and coercion. Conduct involving the exercise of responsibilities or authority related to the provision of advice, the assignment of work, coaching, performance evaluation, appropriate disciplinary and other supervisory or leadership functions does not constitute abuse of authority.
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Abuse of Authority. Abuse of authority means an individual's improper use of power and authority inherent in the position held, by means of intimidation, threats, blackmail or coercion. This includes actions which could reasonably be expected to endanger an employee's position in a job, undermine an employee's ability to perform the job or threaten the economic livelihood of an employee. It shall not include the legitimate exercise of an individual's supervisory power or authority. Conduct involving the proper exercise of authority related to providing advice and assigning work, counselling, performance evaluation, appropriate disciplinary and other supervisory /leadership functions, does not constitute abuse of authority.
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Abuse of Authority. Unfair competition due to the dedication inside or outside the workday on one’s own account to the same activity as the company or devoting oneself to private occupations which openly conflict with the service.
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Abuse of Authority. GSEs shall have the right to work in an environment free from abuse of authority. The University, and its academic units, provide for grievance mechanisms for graduate students to report and seek redress for abuse of authority. GSEs covered by this Agreement maintain the rights and obligations set forth in the University Grievance Policy for Graduate Students, and any local unit grievance policies, as may be amended from time to time. A GSE may choose to grieve a complaint of abuse of authority related to their employment through the University’s existing process set forth above. If the GSE pursues the complaint through the University process, any decision will be final and binding. In the alternative, a GSE may grieve a complaint of abuse of authority related to their employment through the process set forth in Article 9, Grievance and Arbitration.
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Abuse of Authority. The evaluators shall not use the authority entrusted to them by taking advantage of colleagues, beneficiaries or other individual groups for financial, political, sexual or other gain.
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Abuse of Authority. GSEs shall have the right to work in an environment free from abuse of authority.
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Related to Abuse of Authority

  • Scope of Authority Committee meetings will be used for communications between the parties, to share information and to address concerns. The committee will have no authority to conduct any negotiations or modify any provision of this Agreement. The committee’s activities and discussions will not be subject to the grievance procedure in Article 30.

  • Limitation of Authority No person is authorized to make any representations concerning the Funds or the Shares except those contained in the Prospectus of each Fund and in such printed information as the Distributor may subsequently prepare. No person is authorized to distribute any sales material relating to any Fund without the prior written approval of the Distributor.

  • Reservation of Authority Nothing in this subpart shall limit the authority of the Secretary to take action to enforce conditions or violations of law, including actions necessary to prevent evasions of this subpart.

  • Evidence of Authority The Custodian shall be protected in acting upon any instructions, notice, request, consent, certificate or other instrument or paper believed by it to be genuine and to have been properly executed by or on behalf of the Fund. The Custodian may receive and accept a certified copy of a vote of the Board of Directors of the Fund as conclusive evidence (a) of the authority of any person to act in accordance with such vote or (b) of any determination or of any action by the Board of Directors pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation as described in such vote, and such vote may be considered as in full force and effect until receipt by the Custodian of written notice to the contrary.

  • EXTENT OF AUTHORITY i) exercise a degree of autonomy; ii) control projects and/or programs; iii) set outcomes for lower classified staff; iv) establish priorities and monitor work flow in areas of responsibility; or v) solutions to problems can generally be found in documented techniques, precedents and guidelines or instructions. Assistance is available when required.

  • Grant of Authority As of the Effective Date, GlobalSign hereby grants to Subscriber the authority for the term set forth in Section 7 to use the enclosed Digital Certificate to create Digital Signatures or to use the Digital Certificate in conjunction with Private Key or Public Key operations.

  • Limitations of Authority A. Neither Party has authority for or on behalf of the other except as provided in this XXX. No other authority, power, partnership, use of rights is granted or implied. B. This XXX represents the entire XXX by and between the Parties and supersedes all previous letters, understanding or oral agreements between the College and the School District. Any representations, promises, or guarantees made but not stated in the body of this XXX are null and void and of no effect. C. Neither Party may make, revise, alter, or otherwise diverge from the terms, conditions or policies which are subject to this XXX without a written amendment to this XXX. Changes to this XXX are subject to the approval of the College Legal Department. D. Neither Party may incur any debt, obligation expense, or liability or any kind against the other without the other's express written approval.

  • Warranty of Authority Each person signing this Amendment warrants that he or she is duly authorized to do so and to bind the respective party.

  • Representation of Authority Each individual executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto hereby represents and warrants that he or she is, on the date he or she signs this Agreement, duly authorized by all necessary and appropriate action to execute this Agreement on behalf of such party and does so with full legal authority.

  • Lack of Authority No Member, other than the Manager or a duly appointed Officer, in each case in its capacity as such, has the authority or power to act for or on behalf of the Company, to do any act that would be binding on the Company or to make any expenditure on behalf of the Company. The Members hereby consent to the exercise by the Manager of the powers conferred on them by Law and this Agreement.

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