Cause

Cause. Termination of employment due to means (i) conviction of, a guilty plea with respect to, or a plea of nolo contendere to a charge that the Eligible Employee has committed a felony under the laws of the United States or of any state or a crime involving moral turpitude, including, but not limited to, fraud, theft, embezzlement or any crime that results in or is intended to result in personal enrichment at the expense of the Company or an affiliate; (ii) material breach of any agreement entered... into between the Eligible Employee and the Company or an affiliate that impairs the Company's or the affiliate's interest therein; (iii) willful misconduct, significant failure of the Eligible Employee to perform the Eligible Employee's duties, or gross neglect by the Eligible Employee of his or her duties; or (iv) engagement in any activity that constitutes a material conflict of interest with the Company or any affiliate. View More

Cause. (i) the refusal or neglect of the Employee to perform substantially his or her employment-related duties; (ii) the Employee's personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, or breach of fiduciary duty; (iii) the Employee's conviction of or entering a plea of guilty or nolo contendere (or any applicable equivalent thereof) to a crime constituting a felony (or a crime or offense of equivalent magnitude in any jurisdiction) or his or her willful violation of any other law, rule, or... regulation (other than a traffic violation or other offense or violation outside of the course of employment that in no way adversely affects the Company or any Subsidiary or its reputation or the ability of the Employee to perform his or her employment related duties or to represent the Company or any Subsidiary); or (iv) the material breach by the Employee of any covenant or agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary, or any written policy of the Company or any Subsidiary, not to disclose any information pertaining to the Company or any Subsidiary or not to compete or interfere with the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that with respect to any Employee who is party to an employment agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary that contains a definition of "Cause", "Cause" shall have the meaning specified in such Employee's employment agreement View More

Cause. The Executive commits a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude, or any conduct by the Executive that would reasonably be expected to result in a material injury to the Company if he were retained in his position, in each case as determined by the Board

Cause. (i) gross misconduct injurious to CVI or the Companies, as determined in a written opinion rendered to TCC's board of directors by outside counsel, (ii) conduct by the Employee constituting or competitive activity in violation of Section 14; or (iii) the willful making by the Employee of any unauthorized disclosure in violation of Section 15.

Cause. (meaning a termination by the Company of the Executive's employment for Cause) shall mean: (i) in connection with the Executive's employment by the Company, the commission by the Executive of any act involving intentional dishonesty of a material nature or fraud; or (ii) a material breach by Executive of her fiduciary duties as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a binding arbitration; or (iii) any material breach of a material provision of this Agreement by the... Executive that the Executive fails to remedy to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company within thirty (30) days after notice to the Executive of such breach setting forth with reasonable detail the basis of the breach; or (iv) any conduct, action or behavior by Executive involving moral turpitude, gross negligence or willful misconduct, that has or may reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the reputation or interests of the Company; or (v) Executive shall have been barred by a court order issued under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") from serving as a director or officer of a company registered under Section 12 or filing reports under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (including an order issued upon consent without any admission of the charge) or shall have been convicted of, or have entered a plea of nolo contendere or the equivalent in respect of a charge of, any criminal act constituting a felony under the laws of the United States or any state or political subdivision thereof. For purposes hereof, an act or omission shall not be deemed to be willful if taken or omitted in the good faith belief that such was in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Executive's employment shall not be terminated for Cause, within the meaning of clauses (i) — (iv) above unless written notice stating the basis for the termination is provided to the Executive and the Executive (together with her own counsel) has an opportunity to be heard before the Board and, after such hearing, a majority of the Board (excluding the Executive) duly votes to terminate her for Cause. View More

Cause. The occurrence or existence of any of the following with respect to Executive: (a) Executive's failure to perform material duties that is not cured within ten (10) business days after notice to Executive; (b) any conduct, action or behavior by Executive that has or may reasonably be viewed to have a material adverse effect on the reputation or interests of the Company or its Affiliates; (c) Executive's commission of an act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, fraud or the engagement in any... other willful or intentional misconduct, whether or not in connection with Executive's employment; or (d) Executive's commission of an act constituting a felony View More

Cause. Shall mean, with respect to the holder of an Incentive Award, (i) a breach by the holder of any of the material provisions of any employment agreement between the holder and the Corporation or a Subsidiary that the holder fails to remedy or cease within ten (10) days after notice thereof to the holder; (ii) any conduct, action or behavior by the holder that has or may reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the reputation of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries or on the... holder's reputation or that is not befitting of an executive officer, employee or director of the Corporation or a Subsidiary; (iii) the commission by the holder of an act involving moral turpitude or dishonesty, whether or not in connection with the holder's employment by, or service as a director of, the Corporation or a Subsidiary; (iv) the holder shall have committed any act of fraud or embezzlement against the Corporation or a Subsidiary or engaged in any other willful misconduct in connection with his duties; or (v) the holder shall have been convicted of a felony (other than a felony relating to motor vehicle laws). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Cause shall be deemed to exist with respect to the holder's acts described in (ii) above unless the Corporation shall have given prior written notice to the holder specifying the Cause with reasonable particularity and, within 30 days after such notice, the holder shall not have cured or eliminated the problem or thing giving rise to such Cause. View More

Cause. The occurrence of one or more of the following: (a) a good faith finding by the Company of (i) a willful failure of Executive, after notice thereof and an opportunity of not less than thirty (30) days to cure, to perform his assigned duties for the Company; (ii) Executive's disloyalty, gross negligence, willful misconduct, dishonesty, fraud or breach of fiduciary duty to the Company; (iii) Executive's willful violation of the rules or policies of the Company, including but not limited to the... Standards of Business Conduct; or (iv) Executive's breach of any agreement with the Company, including but not limited to those set forth in Section 4.1(b) herein; (b) the conviction of, or the entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere by Executive, to any crime involving moral turpitude or any felony View More

Cause. The same meaning as set forth the ESP.

Cause. (i) When used in connection with a Qualifying Termination occurring during a Participant's Protection Period, the same meaning as set forth in Section 2.1(f)(2) of the ESP. (ii) When used in connection with a Qualifying Termination not occurring during a Participant's Protection Period: (A) For any Participant who is a "Covered Executive" under the ESP, the same meaning as set forth in Section 2.1(f)(1) of the ESP. (B) For any Participant who is not a "Covered Executive" under the ESP, "Cause"... shall mean a Participant's: (1) dishonesty; (2) fraud; (3) willful misconduct; (4) breach of fiduciary duty; (5) conflict of interest; (6) commission of a felony; (7) material failure or refusal to perform his or her job duties in accordance with Company policies; (8) a material violation of Company policy that causes harm to the Company or an Affiliate; (9) other wrongful conduct of a similar nature and degree; or (10) sustained unsatisfactory performance which is not improved after Participant has been provided with a reasonable opportunity to improve his or her performance in accordance with the Company's standard policies and procedures. (iii) A Participant will not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause pursuant to Section 2.g(i) or Section 2. (g)(ii) above, as applicable, unless and until there has been delivered to the Participant written notice that the Participant has engaged in conduct constituting Cause. The determination of Cause will be made by the Committee with respect to any Participant who is employed as the Chief Executive Officer of Tenet ("CEO"), by the CEO (or an individual acting in such capacity or possessing such authority on an interim basis) with respect to any Participant who is employed as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company (the "COO"), the Chief Financial Officer of the Company (the "CFO"), the General Counsel of the Company ("GC"), an Executive Vice President ("EVP") of the Company, a Senior Vice President or the equivalent thereof of the Company (collectively "SVP") or a Vice President of the Company ("VP") and by the COO (or an individual acting in such capacity or possessing such authority on an interim basis) with respect to any Participant who is employed as a Hospital Chief Executive Officer ("Hospital CEO") or any other Participants. A Participant who receives written notice that he has engaged in conduct constituting Cause, will be given the opportunity to be heard (either in person or in writing as mutually agreed to by the Participant and the Committee, CEO or COO, as applicable) for the purpose of considering whether Cause exists. If it is determined either at or following such hearing that Cause exists, the Participant will be notified in writing of such determination within five (5) business days. View More