The firm later described them as "insubordinate and self-serving schemers" who had negotiated with rivals while under contract.
His motives are partly self-serving: he needs social credentials in a state that leans leftwards.
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Implicit in this model is a recognition that that which is self-serving leads to suffering.
Elected officials are referred to as 'public servants, ' and that should not be confused with 'self-serving.
It's somewhat annoying and self-serving that Schmidt is the one rallying people behind this cause.
Denials can also be bet with skepticism since they are often unilaterally self-serving for a company.
Most Thais would not appreciate self-serving political maneuvers in a time of national distress.
Narcissists may say all the right things but their actions eventually reveal them to be self-serving.
It was Osberg who decided to free Buffett of any self-serving spin as a ping-pong player.
The problem, however, is that America's position is perceived by the Europeans, probably rightly, as self-serving.
The leaks from American officials are probably self-serving attempts to keep their troubled project afloat.
The self-serving habits of the lawyers, consultants and political hacks are just too entrenched.
But when a net neutrality regime gums things up, it'll be tough to extricate a self-serving FCC.
To punish private sector defined contribution plans and reward public sector defined benefit plans is egregiously self-serving.
They are right also that environmental debate, on every side, is too often cloudy, biased and self-serving.
One man might resist his brother because the brother is attempting to impose a self-serving or short-sighted solution.
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Microsoft's and Coca-Cola's broad definition of their markets is clearly self-serving, but cannot be dismissed out of hand.
And while executives may claim these line improvement strategies are primarily to entertain guests, they offer several self-serving benefits.
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Simply blasting out self-serving marketing material that only benefits your brand is lazy.
Just because an argument is self-serving, however, doesn't mean it can't be true.
Instead, they have been self-serving, serving of the financial community, mainly the big bankers, and serving of politicians in general.
Banking giant Barclays had an "aggressive" and "self-serving" culture under its former boss, the new chief executive has told MPs.
For decades, psychologists have debated whether narcissism is a form of self-delusion, a cognitive bias, or a self-serving social strategy.
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"And it was devastating that he got to give a self-serving apology to help him get a bond, " Mr Crump said.
In retrospect, it is clear that this was dangerously self-serving for the banks, prompting them into a perilous orgy of greed.
The editorials by Brown and Taylor are reasonable, although a bit self-serving (or perhaps reflects their long-held research bias and interests).
Protesters said Traore, a former parliamentary speaker, was part of a self-serving political elite that has misruled the country for years.
Bouwer, a native South African, was also a serial fabricator who had engineered his academic advancement with decades of spectacular, self-serving lies.
Assertive and enthusiastic but perceived by others to be self-serving and inappropriate.
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Some have rejected these claims for being self-serving, as indeed they are.
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