Sentences with phrase «address social problems»

In this time of shrinking federal resource allocation for disadvantaged families and public policy that champions faith - based initiatives and volunteerism to address social problems, policy makers might use our findings and conclude that volunteer - based programs may be complementary to but not a substitute for other forms of early intervention and support services for socially and economically disadvantaged childbearing teenagers.

Social costs fall into two broad categories: costs associated with the economic marginalisation of Aboriginal people, and costs incurred as governments attempt to address social problems through remedial programs.

Bruguera's «Arte Útil Lab,» installed at the Queens Museum through June 2, looks at various ways art can address social problems.

Hunter Gehlbach and the SPiEE Lab at the University of California - Santa Barbara leverage social psychological principles to address social problems in education and the environment.

Dewey explicitly argued that progressive education should not be entirely «child - centered» but needed to address social problems in the child's world.

About Innovators OC Innovators OC invests in individuals and organizations in Orange County who are working in innovative ways to create self - sustaining enterprises that address social problems by becoming effective agents of positive community and economic impact.

Further, previous lawsuits challenging the state's anti-smoking laws showed that state officials can tailor regulations to address social problems, the judge noted.

All in all, in the short - term the creditor countries have little incentive to address the social problems in programme countries, let alone to agree on some form of «social union» at the EU - level.

The reason is because the left, and a certain portion of the progressive right believe that is is the governments job to pro-actively address social problems of those classes seen as vulnerable.

And big churches that boast about being big but do nt address social problems like homelessness.

Fundamentalism had totally failed to turn back the rising forces of modernism, achieving no significant impact upon the world of its day, because it failed to address the social problems of its time.

She encouraged the group to continue its efforts to demonstrate that business has the ability to address social problems and to increase its positive impact on society.

With the government acting as a venture capitalist, the private sector can create effective new programs to address social problems.

«The Happiness Foundation focuses on social enterprises, an innovative model that addresses social problems by tapping into corporate mechanisms, and supports the creation of a social enterprise ecosystem,» said Chey Kee - won, President, The Happiness Foundation.

But even if your business doesn't have access to big partnerships, your first priority should be addressing a social problem that needs a solution.

Little Sun operates as a social business, created specifically to address a social problem rather than to maximize profits.

Crispin suggests that rather than focusing on safety as a guiding principle to govern or advocate for, the focus should be on peace, where there is a focus on addressing social problems and systemic issues that impact homelessness, mass incarceration and mental illness.

Not exact matches

From the boardroom to the company cafeteria, people are talking about doing a better job of addressing the world's social problems.

Jared Schoepf, founder of SafeSIPP SafeSIPP is a social venture addressing three problems facing rural communities in the developing world: transportation, purification and storage of drinking water.

If a product does receive a negative review or feedback on social media, address the problem and use the comment to improve the product.

CHANGE THE WORLD: Today, Fortune published its third annual Change The World List, featuring 56 companies that are making measurable progress addressing important social problems as part of their business model.

To address this problem, his Breakout Labs supports only «hard tech» startups — ventures that aren't focusing on websites, social media, or information technology — and those that are too speculative to attract angel investors or even government grants.

«Being prepared to address passenger concerns rather than being reactive to social media complaints will arguably help address these problems in real time.»

In their deliberations, they agreed to 20 specific actions to address global economic and social problems, ranging from building a corps of community health workers in poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workers.

Responsible investors have for years talked about the risks of regulatory intervention where companies fail to address serious social or environmental problems that arise in their operations.

«For maximum benefit, address these huge social problems in your business's core products, services, and business practices,» he says.

On Friday, Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner gave notice of motion to have Kenney and «workers who have lost their jobs» to temporary foreign workers appear before the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities to address problems with the foreign workers program.

Social media is about entering into a conversation with those vocal dissenters — answering their questions, solving problems, addressing their concerns in a legitimate way — so you can change that customer's opinion.

«In your discussions with the Canadian government, we encourage you to raise concerns over the environmental and social problems associated with tar sands production and make no exemption for the tar sands in any binational agreement addressing climate change» says the open letter.

Again, there is little motivation for addressing social, political or economic problems because they are seen as tainted worldly concerns.

We acknowledge that the people of the world have shown in different ways an urgent need to address profound social problems, especially poverty, unemployment and social exclusion, that affect every country.

Many also address problems tangential to ethics: social structures, political organization and control, economic systems, the ethos and the world view of the people, theological interpretations of moral issues and much more.

He and his wife take no salary from Gift Card Giver, which is a project of Shinabarger's Plywood People, a collaborative company addressing social needs and trying to be «known by the problems they solve.»

The social doctrine teaches that the problem of poverty is best addressed by empowerment: enabling poor people to enter the circle of productivity and exchange in society.

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They also often reject any role for governments in addressing social - economic problems, such as unemployment or the low wages earned by workers who are trapped in unskilled occupations or isolated in central cities, where financial and physical infrastructures are inadequate and social networks are weak.

While food banks can provide for people's short term needs, there is also a need to address longer term social problems, and equip people to live sustainably.

Inspiration: The product or company adheres to an unusual or new mission targeting an issue or problem not yet widely addressed; its message / mission is clearly communicated, focused and effective, with real, wide - reaching potential or already proven positive social or environmental impact.

We are certain that this sector can improve its standing when its stakeholders contribute to addressing relevant social problems

«The Poverty Clinic,» [PDF] March 21, 2011 «In the view of Burke and the researchers she has been following, many of the problems that we think of as social issues — and therefore the province of economists and sociologists — might better be addressed on the molecular level.»

Ask teens how they would address problems in their community, including economic inequality, racial tension or homelessness, to open the door to a dialogue around social justice.

Those of us in philanthropy take on complex problems that are hard to address and may be impossible to solve, and we do so in an ever - changing and stressful social, political, and technological landscape.

[The proposed approach] only requires you to address obesity, not address the income inequality that underlies it and a whole host of other health and social problems.»

Social and emotional problems in young children can be traced to mothers» prenatal health, 1,2 parents» caregiving3, 4 and their life - course (such as the timing of subsequent pregnancies, employment, welfare dependence).5, 6 Home visiting programs that address these antecedent risks and protective factors may reduce social and emotional problems in chiSocial and emotional problems in young children can be traced to mothers» prenatal health, 1,2 parents» caregiving3, 4 and their life - course (such as the timing of subsequent pregnancies, employment, welfare dependence).5, 6 Home visiting programs that address these antecedent risks and protective factors may reduce social and emotional problems in chisocial and emotional problems in children.

It was a compelling literary attempt to address the more undesirable impacts of industrialism, namely the problems of urban poverty and widening social inequalities.

Turning to young people, the mayor said: «There are still deep social problems that we've got to address by looking at what happens in the lives of young people, their role models, their ideals, what they want to achieve.

The Nation Builders Corps program will be a major government initiative to address livelihood empowerment and graduate unemployment to solve economic and social problems.

Their influence and corpus of work offers macro - economic / social solutions that are, grosso modo, atemporal, acontextual and thus applicable to periods of time other than the problem that they sought to address in their lifetimes.

The post-Thatcher gurus such as Anthony Giddens (guru of Blair's «new communitarian» Third Way social democracy) and Phillip Blond (guru of Cameron's Big Society civic conservatism) address problems of the time.

Additional funding for social care would help to partially address this problem, and most of the main political parties have focused on this in their manifestos.