best practice

noun

Chiefly Business.

Often best practices a procedure or set of procedures that is preferred or considered standard within an organization, industry, etc..
The company adopted best practice in employee recruitment.
At the meeting we reviewed best practices for communicating with clients.
Their methodology was identified as a best practice.

best practice

noun

the recognized methods of correctly running businesses or providing services

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Word History and Origins

Origin of best practice¹

First recorded in 1980–85; derived from an earlier (1905) sense “the best method, procedure, etc.”

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An assembly spokesman said MLAs are given "advice on best practice" and "it is for each MLA to appoint employees on merit after a fair and open competition".

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Stormont's "best practice guidance" issued to MLAs for recruitment of their office staff advises that "equality of opportunity is integral".

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"We believe by following best practice, all companies and organisations can minimise the chances of falling victim to actors like this," it said.

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It offers employees and employers free, impartial advice on workplace rights, rules and best practice.

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But applied unequally, rife with false positives, and prone to disrupting those important early weeks, is it a best practice?

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