Even though an authority may establish internal guidelines, it should be prepared to make exceptions on the basis of every individual case.

Dietitians use this criteria and other internal guidelines to evaluate recipes for inclusion into the database.

Under the Justice Department's internal guidelines, subpoenas to the press for confidential sources require authorization by the attorney general.

That meant she did not misappropriate anything, they said, since Fidelity's internal guidelines at the time prohibited funds from holding such investments.

He added: "I think it's very appropriate that the department have its own set of internal guidelines relating to ethics and conflicts, and we will."

Mr. Zhu said some nations were using the cover of internal guidelines as a way to inject political control over lending.

The company said it would remove items that appeared to violate trademark laws or its internal guidelines on a case-by-case basis.

Last month the Commission also took note of the internal guidelines on application of net financial corrections.

The clinical situation was discussed with the nursing team according to our internal guidelines.

The inspector general's report found that the F.B.I. wasn't even following its own internal guidelines and in some cases had violated federal law.