Sentences with phrase «as corporate efforts»

As corporate efforts to privatize and capitalize on public education are increasingly being exposed as ineffective and damaging, the wealthy sponsors of these controversial strategies — e.g. school closings, turnarounds, charter school expansion — have been attempting to re-brand them as «parent empowerment.»

The Empowerment Parents Want: A Real, Effective Voice in our Children's Education As corporate efforts to privatize and capitalize on public education are increasingly being exposed as ineffective and damaging, the wealthy sponsors of these controversial strategies — e.g. school closings, turnarounds, charter school expansion — have been attempting to re-brand them as «parent empowerment.»

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They see the efforts of big business to get Congress to reform the tax code and cut corporate income - tax rates as a diversion from the Tea Party's fight to lower personal income - tax rates.

Another prong in No Ceilings» new program is an effort by the nonprofit Catalyst to create what's being billed as an annual list of CEO - endorsed female candidates who are ready to serve as directors on U.S. corporate boards.

Returns are adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, and corporate reorganizations as they occurred; however, no effort has been made to reflect the cost of brokerage commissions or of taxes.

In 2011 she launched Uncharted Play in New York City and began selling the product to businesses as part of their corporate social responsibility and marketing efforts, as well as to schools and governments.

Zuckerberg and his cohort have taken to employing tactics normally used by high - profile celebrities and movie stars, such as «purchasing houses through trusts or corporate entities so that the owners» names are not on public deeds,» in an effort to keep their identities secret while they construct megamansions throughout the Bay Area and Palo Alto in California.

The trigger for the latest Redstone family feud, according to several sources, was a dispute over corporate governance issues — such as Shari's effort to more closely tie executive compensation to performance — at Viacom (viab) and CBS (cbs), a media empire that encompasses MTV, the CBS broadcast network, the Paramount film studio and the pay - TV channel Showtime.

More recent efforts, branded as corporate social responsibility, tend to have dual objectives to create economic and social value simultaneously, such as initiatives to spark clean technology innovation.

Historically, corporate involvement in the political sphere has consisted of narrow efforts to shape policy to benefit the bottom line, such as lobbying for a favorable regulation.

As a result of CPA's efforts, political disclosure has been adopted by 130 large companies and is becoming a mainstream corporate practice.In his work with CPA, which he founded in 2003, he has drawn on his three decades of experience in journalism, Congress, and strategic public affairs.

As government and corporate data - gathering efforts swelled over the last century, citizens largely accepted, without much discussion or protest, that their society would be fueled by the collection of personal information.

For example, there are environmentally focused funds, funds that concentrate their efforts on finding companies who have sound corporate governance policies, others that look at the impact a business has on society as a whole, and this is just to name a few.

We act as a reliable agency partner for corporate marketing efforts.

Those efforts are bearing fruit, as corporate market share grew every quarter this year and as the carrier added 16,000 small and midsize corporate accounts during the first three quarters.

SocialFunds.com — It's not just sustainable investors who should give thanks to As You Sow and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) for the effort they put into their annual proxy previews, which are available for download at no charge on the organizations» websites.

The company has also proposed several charter amendments as part of its efforts to adopt corporate governance best practices, including board declassification, providing for the removal of directors with or without cause, a reduced supermajority requirement to amend bylaws regarding special meeting rights and the elimination of supermajority requirements for certain provisions of the bylaws.

Albertans rejected Corporate Alberta's effort to colour the democratic process as an exercise in corporate succession Corporate Alberta's effort to colour the democratic process as an exercise in corporate succession corporate succession planning.

Steven currently supports the firm's investment banking efforts, and has covered the origination, structuring, and execution of numerous transactions and served as strategic advisor to senior executives, providing advice on M&A, private equity, strategic relationships, and strategic positioning for capital - raising efforts and other corporate initiatives.

Going back to the origins of personas and buyer personas as an ethnographic research effort to inform design and strategy, these meant involving multi-disciplinary groups from design, branding, corporate strategy, marketing, call centers, fulfillment, and service.

According to reports, this strategy from the top corporate ranks has been focused, as directed by CEO Michael Corbat, on bringing retail operations to a halt in some areas in an effort to reign in operating costs.

This corporate thrust is made through the direct effort of innumerable local congregations and through the thousands of varied denominational institutions, all of which constitute a manifold witness to the Lordship of Jesus Christ as they set forth the fact that there is no human need and no human concern which is not His concern.

What gets me is the corporate sponsors, books, DVD's, music CD's, insurance sales, and other efforts to fleece the weak - minded and line the pockets of those who would sell God as much as possible.

To make the image of the good steward seem as manly as that of the vigilant warrior will take a lot of cooperative effort on the part of cultural, religious, corporate and public spheres.

Through the corporate efforts of various modern scientific disciplines such as philosophy, ethnology, prehistory and history, archeology, psychology, sociology, and philosophy, the methods of the science of religion have become increasingly broadened and refined.

Senior Vice President of Eastern Operations and Corporate Logistics Paul Esposito explains that although Railex came about as part of an effort by sister companies Hapco Farms, Powerhouse Produce and Freshouse to ensure better transportation of their own products, it has become a trusted partner to a number of shippers and receivers.

«Einstein Noah Restaurant Group takes its role as a corporate citizen seriously, and we are pleased with the progress of our suppliers in their effort to help us eliminate gestation crates from our system by 2017,» stated Eric Grundemeir, Einstein Noah's Senior Vice President of Supply Chain & Distribution.

The company says it accomplishes this by: > «Taking pride in our immense devotion to customer service; > «Making every effort to fulfill customer requests; > «Delivering quality products accurately and timely in accordance with customers» orders; > «Working together in a synergistic environment to ensure the satisfaction of all customers; > «Recognizing and supporting our commitment to our employees as valuable links in our chain of success; and > «Conducting business according to the highest ethical standards and serving as an outstanding corporate citizen in the community.»

These individuals also can help corporate new product efforts in more technical, highly visible areas such as sodium reduction.

The Recycling Partnership, a national nonprofit that applies corporate funding to improve recycling efforts in communities across the country, is pleased to announce that Berry Global Inc. has joined on as its newest funding partner, as recycling is a core component of Berry's commitment to sustainability.

Hinckley, Minn. — As part of its continuing effort to promote professional development and career advancement among emerging leaders, Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures, in support of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, is pleased to announce the National Leadership Development Conference on June 21 — 23, 2016 at Grand Casino Hinckley in Hinckley, Minn..

Senior Vice President of Eastern Operations and Corporate Logistics Paul Esposito explains that although Railex came about as part of an effort by sister companies Hapco Farms, Powerhouse Produce and Freshouse to ensure better transportation of their own products, it has become a trusted partner to a number of company profile shippers and receivers.

At Celsius, she will lead the sales and marketing effort, as well as the development and execution of the corporate strategy.

«As we prepare to head into 2016, we plan to focus on both corporate and franchise expansion and are eager to leverage Phil's experience to catapult Captain D's development efforts and further position the brand as a leader in the fast casual space.&raquAs we prepare to head into 2016, we plan to focus on both corporate and franchise expansion and are eager to leverage Phil's experience to catapult Captain D's development efforts and further position the brand as a leader in the fast casual space.&raquas a leader in the fast casual space.»

At their website, they've started a section called The Pumping Project in an effort to get women to open up about their experiences as well as hold Corporate America -LSB-...]

The result is that the supposedly neutral referees of the global market (institutions such as the World Trade Organization) become themselves objects of the competition, subject to bribery and behind - the - scenes efforts by corporate entities to sway the outcome in their favour.

Some will see it as an effort to repair links with the corporate community.

Cuomo has said he intends to launch a new effort for campaign finance reform, and Samuels says he could hold public hearings and create an open process to develop legislation, as well as setting a good example on his own, by saying he won't accept any more corporate donations.

He used the opportunity to call on corporate Ghana, celebrities and all Ghanaians to come on board the «ONE LOVE ELIMINATION OF SCHOOLS UNDER TREES» project and help put smiles on the faces of children in communities with such schools by replacing them with befitting structures as we compliment the effort of Central government to win the war against schools under trees as Ghanaians.

that, over the past six months, the agency has redoubled its efforts to reach business executives, commercial real estate developers, corporate site selectors, and other decision makers on social networks like Twitter and LinkedIn as part of a broader commitment to attracting and retaining businesses in the state.

Still, in Washington, where fear is a more valuable commodity than fondness, the former corporate lawyer has earned a fast reputation as a prolific fundraiser, raking in more than $ 4.6 million for her first reelection effort to the House.

Brodsky also noted that job development efforts such as the Buffalo Billion could be seen as corporate welfare, which is not exactly a plank in any progressive platform.

A new study looks at what happens when a company's employees view its efforts related to corporate social responsibility as substantive (perceived to be other - serving and genuinely aimed at supporting the common good) or symbolic (perceived as self - serving and performed primarily for reputation and to enhance profits).

Indonesian police arrested seven corporate executives in connection with illegal forest fires across Sumatra and Kalimantan as part of a wide - ranging effort to stop the haze crisis, an unprecedented action.

There's the ongoing special - counsel investigation into whether the Trump campaign aided a Russian campaign to aid Trump's candidacy and defeat his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton; there's the associated inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey, whom he had asked not to investigate his former national - security adviser; there are the president's hush - money payments to women with whom he allegedly had extramarital affairs, made through his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and facilitated by corporate cash paid to influence the White House; there is his ongoing effort to interfere with the Russia inquiry and politicize federal law enforcement; there are the foreign governments that seem to be utilizing the president's properties as vehicles for influencing administration policy; there's the emerging evidence that Trump campaign officials sought aid not only from Russia, but from other foreign countries, which may have affected Trump's foreign policy; there are the ongoing revelations of the president's Cabinet officials» misusing taxpayer funds; there is the accumulating evidence that administration decisions are made at the behest of private industry, in particular those in which Republican donors have significant interests.

Even modern organizations, such as businesses or universities, evoke familial incentives as part of their efforts to motivate staff, using terms like «our corporate family,» sending out employee newsletters that read like family holiday letters, and going on «retreats» as if they were family vacations.

We are, therefore, particularly proud of the work we do with corporate partners, such as Sky Sports, Bupa, Matalan / Sporting Pro, Virgin Active and Sainsbury's, where we are able to combine our efforts to have the biggest possible impact for young people.

Many corporate online learning initiatives often fail to make the anticipated impact - which is a waste of time as well as effort of learners and furthermore, a waste of organizational funds as well.

As chairman of the Education Commission of the States (ECS) at that time, I pushed other governors and corporate CEOs to address the problem with a high - level «Task Force on Education for Economic Growth,» thus establishing the vital link between education and economic growth that has fueled so many of the ensuing efforts to improve schools at the state level.

A number of educational institutions are making dedicated efforts to implement technology inside classrooms as well as in corporate scenarios to be able to make a difference in the learning and training processes.