Improper Act definition

Improper Act means any concerns about unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Company’s Code of Conduct.
Improper Act means any concerns about unethical behaviour, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Company's Code of Conduct.
Improper Act means any act by the Senior Agent or any other Senior Financing Party that is determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have constituted an act of bad faith, fraudulent conduct or inequitable conduct causing equitable subordination.

Examples of Improper Act in a sentence

  • This Policy prohibits Personnel and Contracted Third Parties from conducting any Improper Acts anywhere in the world (in both the private and public sector and irrespective of whether such Improper Act is on a direct or indirect basis).

  • The commitment of the University to protect the Discloser from reprisal to the extent possible.Anonymous reports will be accepted, but a Discloser’s decision to remain anonymous or to request that his or her name not be disclosed by the Safe Disclosure Officer may influence the subsequent investigation of the alleged Improper Act.

  • There is sufficient evidence of an Improper Act to indicate that further investigation is necessary.

  • Any breaches of confidentiality shall be reported to the Responsible Officer who will in turn inform the Discloser (if not anonymous) through the Safe Disclosure Officer if confidentiality can no longer be maintained.No person shall take any Reprisal against a Discloser who reports an alleged Improper Act.

  • Any other available information relevant to an assessment of the report.The Safe Disclosure Officer shall submit the written report to the appropriate Responsible Officer within ten (10) days of the receipt of the disclosure of an alleged Improper Act.

  • To the extent possible, and within the limitations of the law and this policy, the Discloser shall also hold the matter as strictly confidential throughout the investigation and until the completion of the process outlined under this policy.If an alleged Improper Act appears to involve criminal behaviour, the appropriate authorities will be notified immediately.

  • All reasonable steps consistent with the law and the rights of the Respondent shall be taken by the Safe Disclosure Officer, the Responsible Officer, the Investigator, or other officer or body charged with investigation of a good-faith report of an alleged Improper Act to protect the position, reputation, privacy and confidentiality of a Discloser who has made a report of an alleged Improper Act.

  • Records relating to reports of an alleged Improper Act and investigations which have been conducted under this policy shall be kept by the University Secretariat.

  • Determine whether an Investigator should be appointed to proceed with an initial investigation of the report of an alleged Improper Act.

  • There is insufficient evidence of an Improper Act to warrant proceeding with further investigation;b.


More Definitions of Improper Act

Improper Act means any concerns about unethical behaviour, actual or suspected fraud.
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Improper Act means an act which constitutes a breach of a legal or equitable duty and which involves betrayal of a relation of trust, or breach of a duty to act impartially or in the best interests of another – see Part 5, para 5.50 above.
Improper Act means violation of law, non-compliance or default in complying with the
Improper Act means any concerns about unethical behaviour, actual or suspected fraud or violation of
Improper Act means, with respect to the avoidance, invalidation or subordination of any Lien, an act by the First Lien Administrative Agent or the First Lien Claimholders that is determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have constituted an act of actual fraud (it being understood that receipt of an allegedly fraudulent conveyance shall not constitute actual fraud) or other egregious conduct justifying equitable subordination of such Lien pursuant to Section 510(c) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Related to Improper Act

  • CER Act means the Canadian Energy Regulator Act (Canada), and regulations thereunder, all as amended or replaced from time to time.

  • PBR Act means the Plant Breeder’s Rights Xxx 0000 (Cth) as amended from time to time.

  • former Act means the Companies Act or the International Business Companies Act;

  • Water Act, as used in this clause, means Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).

  • Corrupt and Fraudulent Practices means either one or any combination of the practices given below;

  • fraudulent practices which means any act or omission, including a misrepresentation, that knowingly or recklessly misleads, or attempts to mislead, a party to obtain a financial or other benefit or to avoid an obligation; and

  • Charter Act The Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act (12 U.S.C. § 1716 et seq.), as amended and in effect from time to time.

  • Air Act, as used in this clause, means the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).

  • Dishonest or Fraudulent Act means any dishonest or fraudulent act, including “larceny and embezzlement” as defined in Section 37 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, committed with the conscious manifest intent (1) to cause the Insured to sustain a loss and (2) to obtain financial benefit for the perpetrator or any other person (other than salaries, commissions, fees, bonuses, awards, profit sharing, pensions or other employee benefits). A Dishonest or Fraudulent Act does not mean or include a reckless act, a negligent act, or a grossly negligent act.

  • Bribery Act means the Bribery Act 2010 and any subordinate legislation made under that Act from time to time together with any guidance or codes of practice issued by the relevant government department concerning this legislation;

  • fraudulent practice means a misrepresentation of facts in order to influence a procurement process or the execution of a contract to the detriment of the Procuring Entity, and includes collusive practices among Bidders (prior to or after bid submission) designed to establish bid prices at artificial, non-competitive levels and to deprive the Procuring Entity of the benefits of free and open competition.

  • Occupational Safety and Health Law means any Legal Requirement designed to provide safe and healthful working conditions and to reduce occupational safety and health hazards, including the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and any program, whether governmental or private (such as those promulgated or sponsored by industry associations and insurance companies), designed to provide safe and healthful working conditions.

  • fradulent practice means a misrepresentation or omission of facts in order to influence a procurement process or the execution of contract;

  • Corrupt practices means the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting of anything of value to influence the action of a Government official in procurement process or in contract execution: and

  • POPI Act means the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 as may be amended from time to time;

  • Insecticide means a pesticide product that is designed for use against insects or other arthropods, but excluding products that are:

  • Violent act means behavior that resulted in homicide,

  • Liquor Act means the Liquor Act 2007 and any regulation made under the Liquor Act 2007. Any reference to a provision of the Liquor Act includes a reference to the same or similar provision in any legislation replacing, amending or modifying the Liquor Act however that provision may be amended in that legislation.

  • corrupt practice means the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of anything of value to influence the action of a public official in the procurement process or in contract execution.

  • GLB Act is defined in Section 9.2 hereof.

  • Rail Safety Act means the Rail Safety Act 1998 (WA);

  • FOI Act means the Freedom of Information Xxx 0000 and any subordinate legislation made under this Act from time to time together with any guidance and/or codes of practice issued by the Information Commissioner in relation to such legislation;

  • Public nuisance means a building that is a menace to the public health, welfare, or safety, or that is structurally unsafe, unsanitary, or not provided with adequate safe egress, or that constitutes a fire hazard, or is otherwise dangerous to human life, or that in relation to the existing use constitutes a hazard to the public health, welfare, or safety by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, or abandonment. “Public nuisance” includes buildings with blighting characteristics as defined by Iowa Code section 403.2.

  • obstructive practices which means harming or threatening to harm, directly or indirectly, persons to influence their participation in a procurement process, or affect the execution of a contract;

  • Terrorist Act means any actual or threatened use of force or violence directed at or causing damage, injury, harm or disruption, or commission of an act dangerous to human life or property, against any individual, property or government, with the stated or unstated objective of pursuing economic, ethnic, nationalistic, political, racial or religious interests, whether such interests are declared or not. Criminal acts, primarily committed for personal gain and acts arising primarily from prior personal relationships between perpetrator(s) and victim(s) shall not be considered terrorist acts. Terrorist act also includes any act, which is verified or recognised by the (relevant) Government as an act of terrorism.

  • Federal Trade Commission Act means the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914.