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  • adjective Of or pertaining to reputation

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reputation +‎ -al

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Examples

  • Dyck said failure to acknowledge serious concerns put forward by shareholders, particularly if the compensation structure doesn't mesh with company strategy, will likely translate into what he describes as a reputational penalty.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Emily Mathieu 2011

  • The outcome matters enormously both in reputational and financial terms – a "gross negligence" finding would mean a $4,300 fine per barrel of oil spilt, rather than $1,100 for mere negligence.

    BP's behaviour was shameful. But it wasn't the only one to blame for the gulf disaster Andrew Clark 2010

  • One could view it as a basically positive form of sexual expression that carries certain reputational risks, or one could view it as intrinsicly corruptive and self-abasing.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Challenge to High School Policy That Excludes from Extracurricular Activities Students Whose Out-of-School Speech “Reflects Discredit Upon [the] High School” 2010

  • The broker said "longer-term reputational fallout is likely to overhang market willingness to pay a premium for a previously unblemished market leader."

    Cochlear Recalls Latest Implant Range, Shares Plunge Gavin Lower 2011

  • Independent directors, says Henry Ristuccia, Deloitte & Touche LLP partner and U.S. leader of Governance & Risk Management, need to step back and determine the motivating factors for this perception and to the extent that there is genuine longer-term reputational risk.

    Where Main Street Meets The C-Suite Directorship Editors 2009

  • I think we can agree that his brand of politics has not only damaged the party image, but has exposed us to very severe long-term reputational risk.

    Challenging John McCain - Erick’s blog - RedState 2009

  • That's because the company is trying to become leaner and more cost-competitive, even if the move means taking severance charges and enduring short-term reputational damage from mass dismissals.

    Cost Cutters' Advice: Act Sooner, Don't Flinch 2008

  • While not conferring immediate economic benefits to tax lawyers, the bar's reforms further tax lawyers' long-term reputational and other interests, even as they serve to bind lawyers to higher practice standards and protect the integrity of the tax system.

    February 2006 2006

  • When it comes to expanding into frontier markets, companies like Total, Diageo, Chiquita, and News Corp are finding that although they can make short term profits by engaging bending or breaking laws and violating their own codes of conduct, the long term reputational costs can be staggering.

    Forbes.com: News Nathaniel Parish Flannery 2011

  • "The risk is long-term reputational," said Benjamin Wallace, an analyst at Grimes

    BusinessWeek.com -- 2010

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