Cause

Example Definitions of "Cause"
Cause. “Cause” means: (i) the Employee’s willful and repeated failure to comply with the lawful written direction of the Board, after receiving written notice; (ii) the Employee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance his duties, after receiving written notice; or (iii) the conviction of or entry of a plea of nolo contendere or guilty to a felony or a crime causing demonstrable material harm to the Company.
Cause. Any of the following: (i) Employee’s theft, dishonesty, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty for personal profit, or falsification of any Company or Affiliate documents or records; (ii) Employee’s material failure to abide by a Company’s or Affiliate’s code of conduct or other policies (including without limitation, policies relating to confidentiality and reasonable workplace conduct); (iii) Employee’s unauthorized use, misappropriation, destruction or diversion of any tangible or... intangible asset or corporate opportunity of the Company or an Affiliate (including, without limitation, Employee’s improper use or disclosure of confidential or proprietary information); (iv) any intentional act by Employee which has a material detrimental effect on the Company or an Affiliate’s reputation or business; (v) Employee’s repeated failure or inability to perform any reasonable assigned duties after written notice from the Company or an Affiliate (including, without limitation, habitual absence from work for reasons other than illness), and a reasonable opportunity to cure, such failure or inability; (vi) any material breach by Employee of any employment or service agreement between Employee and the Company or an Affiliate, which breach is not cured pursuant to the terms of such agreement; or (vii) Employee’s conviction (including any plea of guilty or nolo contendere) of any criminal act involving fraud, dishonesty, misappropriation or moral turpitude, or which impairs Employee’s ability to perform his or her duties with the Company or an Affiliate. View More
Cause. Any of the following grounds for termination of Executive's employment, provided that no act or failure to act by Executive shall be deemed to constitute Cause if done, or omitted to be done, in good faith and with the reasonable belief that the action or omission was in the best interests of the Company
Cause. The termination of Executive due to: (i) Executive’s theft or embezzlement, or attempted theft or embezzlement, of money or property of the Company or any of its affiliates, Executive’s perpetration or attempted perpetration of fraud, or Executive’s participation in a fraud or attempted fraud, on the Company or any of its affiliates or Executive’s unauthorized appropriation of, or Executive’s attempt to misappropriate, any tangible or intangible assets or property of the Company or any of its... affiliates; (ii) Executive’s conviction or commission of a felony or conviction for any crime involving acts which tend to insult or offend community moral standards or public decency or that materially and adversely affect the reputation or business activities of the Company or its affiliates; (iii) Executive’s substance abuse, including abuse of alcohol or use of illegal narcotics, or other illegal drugs or substances, for which Executive fails to undertake and maintain treatment within fifteen (15) days after requested by the Company; or (iv) Executive’s refusal to carry out any lawful instructions of the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors that are consistent with a reasonable, legitimate business purpose following receipt of written notice of such instructions from the Chief Executive Officer View More
Cause. (i) in the case of an employee or consultant, if there is a written employment or consulting agreement between the optionee and the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or a Parent which defines termination of such relationship for cause, “cause” as defined in such agreement, and (ii) in the absence of such agreement, (A) conviction of the employee or consultant of any felony, or the conviction of the employee or consultant of a misdemeanor which involves moral turpitude, or the entry by the... employee or consultant of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere with respect to any of the foregoing, (B) the commission of any act or failure to act by such employee or consultant that involves moral turpitude, dishonesty, theft, destruction of property, fraud, embezzlement or unethical business conduct, or that is otherwise injurious to the Company or any of its affiliates, whether financially or otherwise, (C) any violation by such employee or consultant of any rule or policy of the Company or any of its affiliates, (D) any violation by such employee or consultant of the requirements of any other contract or agreement between the Company (or any of its affiliates) and such employee or consultant, and the failure of such employee or consultant to cure such violation within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice from the Company or (E) any failure by the employee to abide by any directive of the Board or an officer to whom the employee reports; in each case, with respect to subsections (A) through (E), as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment. View More
Cause. (a) shall have the meaning ascribed to such term under an eligible executive's employment agreement with the Company, or (b) if there is no such agreement, shall mean the termination of such participant's employment due to: (i) gross neglect (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness) of the participant's duties with the Employer which are reasonable and commensurate with the participant's position and such neglect continues more than 30 days after... a written notice of non-performance is provided to or a written demand for substantial performance is made upon the participant by the Board of Directors; (ii) the willful engaging by a participant in any misconduct which is demonstrably injurious to the Company or any Employer or results in a suspension or other sanction by any governmental or other regulatory entity; (iii) a material violation by the participant of any written policies of the Company or any Employer with regards to performance, conduct on the job or integrity (as such policies are in effect on the Amendment Date), which violation is reasonably determined to justify a termination of employment for Cause; or (iv) the conviction of a felony or plea of no contest to a felony. No action taken or omission by an executive under a reasonable, good faith belief that such action or omission was in the best interests of the Company and did not result in any material pecuniary benefit to the executive shall constitute willful misconduct for purposes of the definition of Cause. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for eligible executives for whom the definition of Cause is set forth in an employment agreement, no termination for Cause under the Plan will be effective unless it also satisfies the applicable Cause termination procedural protections under such executive's employment agreement (i.e., notice requirements and due process rights) View More
Cause. (i) gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of your duties to Veritas (other than as a result of a disability) that has resulted or is likely to result in substantial and material damage to Veritas; (ii) commission of any act of fraud with respect to Veritas; or (iii) conviction of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude, either of which causes material harm to the business and affairs of Veritas. No act or failure to act by you shall be considered "willful" if done or... omitted by you in good faith with reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interests of Veritas. View More
Cause. (i) repeated failure to comply with reasonable directives of relevant senior officers, (ii) commission of a felony that is materially detrimental to the Company or its successor organization, or (iii) continued gross neglect of the Executive’s duties with the Company or its successor organization (other than as a result of physical or mental incapacity or illness)
Cause. “Cause” hereunder means: (i) Executive’s conviction, or guilty or no contest plea, to any felony; (ii) any act of fraud by Executive related to or connected with Executive’s employment by the Company which causes material harm to the Company or its reputation; (iii) Executive’s material breach of his fiduciary duty to the Company which causes material harm to the Company; (iv) Executive’s gross negligence or gross misconduct in the performance of duties reasonably assigned to Executive which... causes material harm to the Company; (v) any willful and material violation by Executive of the Company’s codes of conduct or other rules or policies of the Company, which causes material harm to the Company; (vi) any entry of any court order or other ruling that prevents Executive from performing his material duties and responsibilities hereunder; or (v) any willful and material breach of this Agreement by Executive which causes material harm to the Company. View More
Cause. Shall mean (A) the Employee is convicted of a felony charge involving a crime of moral turpitude; or (B) the Employee, in carrying out his duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, is guilty of gross neglect or gross misconduct resulting in material economic harm to the Company, unless such act or failure to act resulted from the Employee’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness.
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