BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Dishonor
- to refuse payment of a check because the account for which it is written holds insufficient money.
- Also known as Bounce
Wiktionary Definition for: Dishonor
- alternative spelling of dishonour
- alternative spelling of dishonour
Additional Resources
- Warner finds 'Maid' man.(Warner Bros. Pictures signs helmer Jeff Balsmeyer to direct 'Maid of Dishonor')(Brief Article)
- HOLLYWOOD -- Warner Bros. Pictures has hired "Danny Deckchair" helmer Jeff Balsmeyer to direct "Maid of Dishonor." Denise DiNovi produces the romantic comedy in which a jilted bride must face her former fiance as they are the maid of honor and...
- Research articles 2005-04-04
- Leading Teams Across Continents
- Until relatively recently, teams had regular face-to-face contact. Now, with globalization and advances in communication technology, it is both possible and efficient to form dispersed international teams whose members can take advantage of their respective localities, time zones, and economic circumstances.Being a member of a dispersed team is a very...
- Articles 2007-10-05
- Know When It's Time to Bail
- Throwing good money after bad is idiotic, but it happens all the time. Sales reps, sales teams, and entire companies continue pursue deals and strategies that aren't going to happen, simply because it's too painful to admit that the time and money already spent has been wasted. ...
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Honoring Tillman doesn't dishonor others who served their country
- While wondering about today's athletes . . . Celebrating the amazing life -- and mourning the tragic death -- of Pat Tillman does not lessen the importance of hundreds of U.S. soldiers who have died during the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army Ranger's story of selflessness and...
- Research articles 2004-04-30
- Gore goes ballistic
- "George W. Bush promised us a foreign policy with humility. Instead, he has brought us humiliation in the eyes of the world. He promised to 'restore honor and integrity to the White House.' Instead, he has brought deep dishonor to our country and built a durable reputation as the most...
- Research articles 2004-06-20
- The FEI -- what a frightfully egotistical and exorbitant institution. (The Spirit Of Accounting)
- Six years ago, a mutual friend put Paul Miller and Ed Ketz together to produce a paper on ethics. We quickly found that we share a resolute distaste for accountants who defile the profession by espousing actions that dishonor the truth. In other words, we despise liars. That common interest...
- Research articles 2002-01-07
- Let Democrats dishonor themselves
- For those few romantics who made it all the way through mid-1998 without arriving at the conclusion that the Democrat Party is completely and irredeemably corrupt, the crowning blow should have come last September when not one Democratic senator called for President Clinton to resign in the face of the...
- Research articles 1999-02-12
- 25 years later: Sorting through the legacies of Watergate
- WASHINGTON -- On the 25th anniversary of Watergate, G. Gordon Liddy, a felonious conspirator in that historic scandal, took a commercial break on his radio talk show Tuesday and was immediately enveloped in audience applause and cheers, demonstrating once more that there is little dishonor without profit in this city....
- Research articles 1997-06-19
- Hyde leaving Congress with mixed feelings
- WASHINGTON -- The retiring Republican chairman of the House International Relations Committee on Thursday delivered a blunt description of the challenge facing U.S. policymakers on Iraq. "We need to find a way to get out of Iraq that doesn't cover us with dishonor," Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., said in an...
- Research articles 2006-12-08
- Monica Yant Kinney | N.J.'s flood tide of dirty doings
- I'm always wary of declaring a particular moment in time the lowest ever in New Jersey politics, since anyone who lives here knows we don't set the bar that high to begin with. But surely, the past week has to be a contender for some dishonor. I get paid to...
- Research articles 2006-09-28
- Cambodia's ex–king 'perturbed' by violence, childsex crimes in his country
- PHNOM PENH AFP — Cambodia's former-king Norodom Sihanouk said he was "perturbed morally and psychologically" by the violence and childsex crimes that continue to plague his country, in a New Year's message posted on his website. The message, written in French, also condemned jealous husbands who kill their wives and...
- Research articles 2007-01-04
- U.S. editorial excerpts -3-
- NEW YORK, Feb. 15 Kyodo Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press: AWAITING THE DISHONOR ROLL (The Wall Street Journal, New York) Congress has rarely been distinguished by its moral courage. But even grading on a curve, we can only describe this week's House debate...
- Research articles 2007-02-19
- U.S. editorial excerpts -3-
- NEW YORK, Feb. 15 Kyodo Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press: AWAITING THE DISHONOR ROLL (The Wall Street Journal, New York) Congress has rarely been distinguished by its moral courage. But even grading on a curve, we can only describe this week's House debate...
- Research articles 2007-02-19
- Don't chastise Jones and give NFL free pass
- THE TEARS of remorse came hard and fast and years too late as she stood before us all, her sweet face etched in agony, expressing sorrow and pleading for forgiveness. The former undisputed queen of American athletes was a shaking, sobbing mess. A pathetic vessel for misguidance...
- Research articles 2007-10-07
- Science group condemns Nobel laureate's 'racist' remarks
- WASHINGTON AFP — A leading scientific organization Thursday condemned as "racist" and "vicious" remarks by a Nobel Prize-winning US scientist who reportedly said black people are less intelligent than whites. The Washington-based Federation of American Scientists FAS said it was "outraged" by the remarks attributed to James Watson that...
- Research articles 2007-10-18
- If Steroid Use True, Barry Bonds' Actions Could Affect 'Young, Impressionable Athletes,' Sports Ethics Professor Says.
- Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 8 AScribe Newswire -- In their new book "Game of Shadows," two San Francisco Chronicle reporters describe in detail how baseball slugger Barry Bonds used a variety of performance enhancing drugs over the past several years. ...
- Research articles 2006-03-08
- Bottoms up, Atlanta; you're No. 1
- Surfing the web America's most miserable sports cities According to Forbes.com, the most miserable sports city in America is Atlanta. No, PETA didn't compile the list. The dishonor is based on a weighting for cities whose teams have...
- Research articles 2008-04-15
- The dishonor roll
- I GREW UP AND WENT TO SCHOOL IN A FACTORY town, Flint, Mich., back in the days when everyone believed that the power of America was in American labor. Some guys I went to high school with couldn't wait to turn 18 so they could drop out and get a...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
- Son of liberty: Nathan Hale, a true patriot, believed that liberty is worth any price
- He was full of fun and life, but he is remembered for his death. He was a man of honor who died in rank dishonor. His last words, which should have perished with him, have instead immortalized him. His name was Nathan Hale, and he hanged for espionage 232...
- Research articles 2008-09-15
- The ethician's ethics - Rep. David Bonior's pursuit of ethics charges against Newt Gingrich
- ON August 31, 1954, a special Senate committee considered a resolution to censure Senator Joseph McCarthy for allegedly unethical behavior toward the United States Senate. Among the charges against McCarthy was contempt of the Senate or a senatorial committee. On December 2, 1954, the Senate approved a "Resolution of Censure."...
- Research articles 1996-12-23
