standard of conduct

collocation in English

meaningsofstandardandconduct

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standard
noun
uk
/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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conduct
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.dʌkt/us
/ˈkɑːn.dʌkt/
behaviour:
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(Definition ofstandardandconductfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Alternatively, a right to a reasonablestandardofconducthas the form of a conclusive right though it is not fully specified.
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Thus, in order to establish and solidify a sharedstandardofconduct, repeated efforts were made to influence disunited minds simply to get temporary unity.
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As a result, there was a strong need and desire for a setstandardofconductto be established, by whomever and under whatever circumstances.
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In other words, there was a continuous cycle of advocacy and response to achieve a sharedstandardofconduct.
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That is to say, social agreements were part of a sharedstandardofconductfor the region as a whole.
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This inconsistency may be the result of fundamental differences in understanding the nature of the "mind/will" that constitutes the sharedstandardofconduct.
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To be motivationally guided by a rule is to conform to the rule because one accepts it as a legitimatestandardofconduct.
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The reasonable person standard thus provides astandardofconductthat sets limits on how people should behave toward each other.
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The only way to assure a sharedstandardofconductwas to have the villagers form a mutual alliance.
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However, whether a particular agreement resulted in a sharedstandardofconductor not depended on the people's will and action.
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Very few professions indeed adopt thatstandardofconduct.
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It only, as it were, standardises the beststandardofconductin regard to woodlands.
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Therefore, in so far as a greater responsibility may fall in certain quarters, we desiderate a higherstandardofconductin those quarters.
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It depends upon thestandardofconductof the particular board and of the standards of the industry of which the company is a member.
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There were, no doubt, cases of deviation from the general highstandardofconduct.
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In fact, so far from that higherstandardofconducthaving been forthcoming, there has been a pretty low level of conduct indeed.
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Because of his privileged position, a very highstandardofconductis required of him and is always, or nearly always, obtained.
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We want to encourage competition and to raise thestandardofconductand amenity in hotels.
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This is thestandardofconductwhich we must try to get over to our people.
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This is unique: a man who is not striving for power or anything of that kind; he is merely astandardofconduct.
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