responsible conduct

collocation in English

meaningsofresponsibleandconduct

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responsible
adjective
uk
/rɪˈspɒn.sə.bəl/us
/rɪˈspɑːn.sə.bəl/
to have control and authority over something or someone and the duty of taking care of it, him, ...
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conduct
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.dʌkt/us
/ˈkɑːn.dʌkt/
behaviour:
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(Definition ofresponsibleandconductfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The role of nurses in ensuring theresponsibleconductof clinical trials.
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Such powers are essential for the proper andresponsibleconductof local democracy.
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Certain things may be desirable in terms ofresponsibleconduct.
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We wanted to know, and we were not told, whatresponsibleconductwas.
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That would be the way to ensureresponsibleconduct, responsible financial control and responsible behaviour in local authorities.
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Secondly, a free society which expectsresponsibleconductfrom a free press must go on tolerating some, often shocking, irresponsibility as the price of liberty.
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When they read further of costly, irresponsible industrial action in other fields they feel also that someone is taking advantage of their more orderly andresponsibleconduct.
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Is thatresponsibleconductof a negotiation?
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Is it not essential to ensure that the lawful andresponsibleconductof trade union activities of vital consequence to the well-being of the state shall not be inhibited?
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Ethical research is about ensuringresponsibleconductin research.
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