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- noun Plural form of
ombud .
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Examples
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I should be writing a book right now and not responding to the zillionth linkless attack on the ills of the blogosphere, this time from NPR's outgoing ombuds, Alicia Shepard, who blames the "dark side" and "lousy job" of the blogosphere for NPR's own admittedly unclear (not to mention wrong-headed, in my view) memo forbidding staff from so much as stepping near the Jon Stewart Restoring Sanity rally.
Jeff Jarvis: NPR Blames Us for its Problems: Insane Jeff Jarvis 2010
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I should be writing a book right now and not responding to the zillionth linkless attack on the ills of the blogosphere, this time from NPR's outgoing ombuds, Alicia Shepard, who blames the "dark side" and "lousy job" of the blogosphere for NPR's own admittedly unclear (not to mention wrong-headed, in my view) memo forbidding staff from so much as stepping near the Jon Stewart Restoring Sanity rally.
Jeff Jarvis: NPR Blames Us for its Problems: Insane Jeff Jarvis 2010
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I should be writing a book right now and not responding to the zillionth linkless attack on the ills of the blogosphere, this time from NPR's outgoing ombuds, Alicia Shepard, who blames the "dark side" and "lousy job" of the blogosphere for NPR's own admittedly unclear (not to mention wrong-headed, in my view) memo forbidding staff from so much as stepping near the Jon Stewart Restoring Sanity rally.
Jeff Jarvis: NPR Blames Us for its Problems: Insane Jeff Jarvis 2010
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I should be writing a book right now and not responding to the zillionth linkless attack on the ills of the blogosphere, this time from NPR's outgoing ombuds, Alicia Shepard, who blames the "dark side" and "lousy job" of the blogosphere for NPR's own admittedly unclear (not to mention wrong-headed, in my view) memo forbidding staff from so much as stepping near the Jon Stewart Restoring Sanity rally.
Jeff Jarvis: NPR Blames Us for its Problems: Insane Jeff Jarvis 2010
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I should be writing a book right now and not responding to the zillionth linkless attack on the ills of the blogosphere, this time from NPR's outgoing ombuds, Alicia Shepard, who blames the "dark side" and "lousy job" of the blogosphere for NPR's own admittedly unclear (not to mention wrong-headed, in my view) memo forbidding staff from so much as stepping near the Jon Stewart Restoring Sanity rally.
Jeff Jarvis: NPR Blames Us for its Problems: Insane Jeff Jarvis 2010
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The Commissioner used the annual reports to send a clear signal that the ombuds approach should be reconsidered, noting that models in several other jurisdictions, both in Canada and abroad, give the overseer the tools to compel respect for the law.
Canadian privacy 2005
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In each case, the Privacy Commissioner is limited to an ombuds role that seeks to settle disputes through moral persuasion.
Canadian privacy 2005
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This would help restore the status of this office as the custodian of ANC decisions, an impartial centre that can play a role of "speaker" and "ombuds".
Contextual considerations in addressing challenges of leadership 2006
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This would help restore the status of this office as the custodian of ANC decisions, an impartial centre that can play a role of "speaker" and "ombuds".
CONTENTS: 2006
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In this science-fiction world, there is no ombuds-alien to intercede.
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I was recently contacted by someone from the International Ombuds Association, suggesting that Ask a Manager readers might be interested in learning about the work that ombuds (previously called ombudsmen) do.
Ask a Manager Ask a Manager 2023
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