What do you think ombudsman means?
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An ombudsman is an official, usually (but not always) appointed by the government, who is charged with representing the interests of the public by investigating and addressing complaints reported by individual citizens. The term arose from its use in Sweden, with the Parliamentary ombudsman instituted in 1809, to safeguard the rights of citizens by establishing a supervisory agency independent of the executive branch. The word ombudsman and its specific meaning has since been adopted in to English as well as other languages, and ombudsmen has been instituted by other governments and organizations such as the European Union.\n\nRecently, since the 1960s, the profession has grown primarily in corporations, universities and government agencies. This current model, sometimes referred to as an organizational ombudsman, works as a designated neutral who has high rank in an organization but is not considered management. Using an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) sensibility, an organizational ombudsman can provide options to whistleblowers or employees with ethics concerns, provide mediation for conflicts, track problem areas, and make recommendations for changes to policies or procedures.\n\nThe origin of the word is found in Old Norse and the word umbuds man, meaning representative. The first preserved use in Swedish is from 1552. It is also used in the other Scandinavian languages such as the Icelandic "umboðsmaður", the Norwegian "ombudsmann" and the Danish "ombudsmand".\n\nThe first ombudsmen flourished in China during Qin Dynasty (221 BC) and in Korea during the Choseon Dynasty. The Romans also grappled with the problem, but it was the example of the second Muslim Caliph, Umar (634-644) and the concept of Qadi al-Qadat (developed in the Muslim world), which influenced the Swedish King, Charles XII. In 1713, fresh from self exile in Turkey, Charles XII created the Office of Highest Ombudsman. The Scandinavians subsequently moulded the Office into its contemporary form.\n\nAn ombudsman need not be appointed by government; they may work for a corporation, a newspaper, an NGO, or even for the general public. Such an ombudsman obviously does not carry any governmental powers or sanction abilities.
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And the rules of Yahoo Answers state that you must ask a question.  You aren't following the rules.\n\nWhat does dontori mean?
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please clarify what you mean
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He can't tell you who is saying it but you can ask him to talk to this person.  Perhaps they have a personal vendetta against you.  Your boss should have enough experience to help this person get over whatever it is they think is wrong. Just let your boss know that you feel attacked by all of these false charges and that you want people to take the open door policy more serious, not just complain whenever they want to.
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to me it means whenever you are trying to tell someone what is good or not for them and they feel like you, as the speaker, don't have the right to do so for whatever reason.  Either you haven't had their experience to tell them what's good for them, or you are being hypocritical. For example: you are a smoker and you tell someone not to smoke.
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An out of sourt statement by other than the person on the stand (the declarant) to assert the truth of the matter put forward.\n\nI hope this is what you needed.
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? What do you mean....
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It means you may be recorded and/or quoted, usually for the purpose of disclosure to (usually) media and (less often) legal depositions.  \n\nWhen you speak to reporters, it is very important to clarify what the reporter has permission to disclose verbatim and what they have to be careful with.  While it is a legal protection clause, it is usually used as a courtesy as often information is disclosed with the implicit (as opposed to explicit) courtesy that the information will go without attribution. \n\nSaying it in a legal deposition is generally just as a point of highlighting the comment since everything is "on the record" in a deposition (unless stricken for the record). \n\nHowever, it sounds really neat and Hollywood loves to abuse the cliche.
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Someone who speaks on behalf of a government or agency.
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I am not sure what that means, but check out this site.\nhttp://www.dol.gov/ebsa/\nThe US Dept of Labor oversees ERISA.
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ETYMOLOGY:\nSwedish, from Old Norse umbodhsmadhr, deputy, plenipotentiary : umbodh, commission ( um, about; see ambhi in Indo-European roots + bodh, command; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots) + madhr, man; see man- 1 in Indo-European roots\n\nOTHER FORMS:\nombudsman·ship (Noun)\n\nWORD HISTORY:\nThe word ombudsman has one familiar element, man, but it is difficult to think of what ombuds could mean. Ombudsman is from Swedish, a Germanic language in the same family as English, and man in Swedish corresponds to our word man. Ombud means "commissioner, agent," coming from Old Norse umbodh, "charge, commission, administration by a delegacy," umbodh being made up of um, "regarding," and bodh, "command." In Old Norse an umbodhsmadhr was a "trusty manager, commissary." In Swedish an ombudsman was a deputy who looked after the interests and legal affairs of a group such as a trade union or business. In 1809 the office of riksdagens justitieombudsman was created to act as an agent of justice, that is, to see after the interests of justice in affairs between the government and its citizens. This office of ombudsman and the word ombudsman have been adopted elsewhere, as in individual states in the United States. The term has also been expanded in sense to include people who perform the same function for business corporations or newspapers.
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Hmmm, sounds job specific. What context do you normally hear it in?\n\n\nProbably something to do with liabilities or expenditures...\n\ni.e. List of expendatures, Liabilities ans expenses, log of expendatures....something like that. I'm not sure though
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Discretion means to use your judgement in regards to the issue. Basically it says "Viewers should think about if they should watch this show or not, since it might be violent/racy/or other wise not for young viewers."
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"caused." \n\nUnfortunately I have no idea what the rest of it means.  :P
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I believe it means that you should embrace and accept responsibility whenever you can, rather than to burden others with it. \n\nThe world today is filled with people who try to avoid being responsible for many things, especially when something goes wrong. It is easy to point fingers and the biggest problem is trying to determine who is accountable when no one accepts responsibility. \n\nIf each of us would accept responsibility where there is none, and where there is a need, we would all be much better off.
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An Ombudsman takes complaints from family members and then reports problems to the state. Most of them are paid off by the nursing homes though. It's much better to call the state with complaints yourself.
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It refers to the fact that CPAs can provide their services to the public - i.e. they are licensed to do so.\n\nIn contrast, other accountants only work for their employer, and aren't licensed to offer their services to the general public