Company commitment

In 2006, EPA and the eight major PEC manufacturing companies in the industry launched the 2010/15 PEOA Stewardship Program, in which companies committed to reduce global facility emissions and product content of PEOA and related chemicals by 95% by 2010 and to work towards eliminating emissions and product content by 2015 (http //www.epa.gov/oppt/pfoa/pubs/stewardship/index.html). 

The law abolishes the long-standing prohibition on dissemination by manufacturers of information about unapproved uses of drugs and medical devices. The act allows a firm to disseminate peer-reviewed journal articles about an ojf-label indication of its product, provided the company commits itself to file, within a specified timeframe, a supplemental application based on appropriate research to establish the safety and effectiveness of the unapproved use.3... 

The pharmaceutical manufacturer must establish effective policies and plans for regulatory compliance and validation to enable individuals to clearly understand the company commitment and requirements. Computer validation planning should ensure an appropriate training program, preparation of validation guidelines and procedures, system GMP compliance risk and criticality assessment, a documented validation strategy and rationale, clearly defined quality-related critical parameters and data for the manufacturing process. 

Another major oil company committed to action on climate change is Royal Dutch/Shell. In March 2003, Shell s chair, Sir Philip Watts,... 

It is vital that when a company commits to the implementation of an MRP II system, it does so knowing how critical project management with compliance is. 

As chemical companies commit to expand their role in assuring a sustainable future for themselves and society, it will be increasingly important to understand what roles leadership and corporate governance play in shaping this commitment. Taschler (2004) analyzed publicly available information on the eight companies in the chemical industry sector of the 2004 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index to understand any contributory patterns between board member characteristics... 

Our commitment which emphasises the role of Integrated Management Systems (IMS) and states company commitment to Responsible Care , sustainable development, legal standards, company guidelines and business principles ... 

As noted above, the circumstances in which a pharmaceutical physician will personally be sued under the civil law are relatively rare. It is much more likely that the company will be a defendant to an action by an individual patient or by another company, whether in tort or in contract. The deeper pockets of the company, in comparsion to the individual pharmaceutical physician, practically guarantee that this is also the case in the USA. It is more likely that criminal sanctions could be applied to the individual. As discussed above, the UK Medicines Act (1968) makes it an offence for an applicant (i.e., the company) to give false information in connection with an application for a licence for a pharmaceutical product. However, the Act also provides that where a company commits the offence under the Act, but it can also be shown that it was committed with the consent and coimivance of, or attributable to the neglect of any director, manager, or similar officer of the company, those individuals may also be personally liable. This may obviously affect the pharmaceutical physician, who is a director or equivalent in the company, on the signatory to advertising materials. 

What is the value of quality in the company (commitment of the board) ... 

Company commitment Company compliance with law policy Individual responsibility for compliance Describe any company ombudsman, employee reporting mechanisms... 

The biggest cost of most audits is the funding needed to carry out the recommendations that address the auditor s findings. However, as has already been noted, if a company commits to being audited, they have also committed to the investment required in the follow-up. 

Charter or being a member of WBCSD. Companies which do adhere are encouraged to proceed with auto-declarations of their environmental performance to the public, governments, pressure groups, and other stakeholders. In the WBCSD, the member companies commit to support the Council s work by making their know-how and human resources available. Such a commitment serves in itself as a declaration of environmental intentions. 

To generate and increase awareness of all sponsoring companies commitment to civil engineering education among civil engineering students, educators and practitioners, as well as the general public. 

Successful operations must go beyond regulatory obligations. Recruitment, selection, and training programs must reflect a companies commitment to choosing individuals who will understand their responsibility to safety and commitment to professional driving. ... 

Four Plastics Companies Commit to Biodegradable Plastics, Environmental News Service, Feb. 

Customer advisory boards Representing the company from sales as well as marketing and if needed logistics Insight over relevant requests and interests of other companies Commitment of resources and capacities according to the customer requirements... 

In response to such campaigns, several multinational manufacturers of products containing plastic microbeads committed to phasing out their use. The timing of these commitments reflected the practical business reality that it takes time to reformulate products. Some companies committed to phasing out the use of microbeads within a year, others within a three-year period [168,169]. 

Arm McGlone (amc one eastman.cx)m) is market development manager specialty plastics at Eastman Chemical Company. Eastman, a global company committed to providing chemicals, tbers and plastics, is located in Kingsport, Term., (423) 229-20CX). 

While policies and management plans are effective in setting the stage for a company commitment to safety, these plans and policies are best reinforced through management s active participation. Examples include ... 

Westinghouse has long been a leader in the nuclear industry at both the national and international levels. The corporate goals reflect the company commitment to maintain this important leadership position as well as to efficiently and safely operate the SRS production reactors. 

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