Instead, he has urged schools to develop voluntary uniform policies.

Songpa District plans to encourage half of its residents to participate in the voluntary policy by 2010.

Some companies and industry groups have also adopted voluntary policies that address privacy concerns.

Many who think that affirmative action shouldn't be required by law favor it as a voluntary policy.

"If it's not, we should lobby for it and implement a voluntary uniform policy."

Those companies would be paid a fee for their services out of association funds, while still free to write voluntary policies.

A voluntary policy is what got us to today's mess.

Mid 2008 the organisation changed its voluntary policy towards a network based approach.

- Probably much like those at the roughly 250 city schools that already have voluntary uniform policies.

This voluntary policy is an important step forward in fulfilling that goal.