Sentences with phrase «at society at large»

And by denuding desires and norms she forces us not only to look at society at large but also to challenge our own set of values.

Not exact matches

To a large extent, society pats men on the back for holding down big jobs, but grimaces at women who do the same, implying that they're lousy parents.

«I think the impact of machine learning on society will be larger than the impact of mobile on society,» Khosla said Tuesday, during a fireside chat with Vator CEO Bambi Francisco at the Post-Seed venture capital conference in San Francisco.

Success stories like Harrison's are few and far between for social entrepreneurs, defined as «someone who targets an unfortunate but stable equilibrium that causes the neglect, marginalization, or suffering of a segment of humanity; who brings to bear on this situation his or her inspiration, direct action, creativity, courage, and fortitude; and who aims for and ultimately affects the establishment of a new stable equilibrium that secures permanent benefit for the targeted group and society at large,» by Roger L. Martin and Sally Osberg in a 2007 Stanford University report titled «Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition.»

The idea that companies and society at large would benefit if everybody knows what everybody else is earning has been gaining traction recently, helped along by the availability of such information on websites such as Glassdoor.com, PayScale.com, and Salary.com.

Making the case that greater openness is good for both company culture and society at large was Ijeoma Oluo, a Seattle - based writer, and Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments.

For both the individual and the society at large, this is an unhealthy paradox.

Silicon Valley is facing an identity crisis — once the poster child for futuristic innovation, it's increasingly seen as a bunch of rich white guys chasing money at the expense of everybody else, including their employees and society at large.

Thurman says that as people in business, «we should take heart because, although a lot of people who consider themselves progressive and spiritual feel like business is something very lowly, that it's about just making money, the vocation of business can be extraordinarily honorable and has the ability to make a long - lasting positive impact on our society and world at large.»

As I've argued frequently on this blog, we ought to reserve the term «corporate social responsibility» to refer to obligations that a company owes to society at large, in some sense, rather than responsibilities it owes to particular individuals.

What does this mean for society at large?

As a result, they'll not only profit, but society at large will be guaranteed to take one giant step forward.

The study defined sustainability as the «commitment by organizations to balance financial performance with contributions to the quality of life of their employees, the society at large and environmentally sensitive initiatives.»

«It's really not socialism — quite the opposite,» comments Ford, who supports the idea of a UBI at some point down the road to counter the inability of large swaths of society to earn a living the way they do today.

«It is clear that technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning will have a huge impact on future mobility and society at large.

Having a long - term and responsible approach to ownership is EQT's way of creating value for investors, in portfolio companies and to society at large.

On the other hand, if directors primarily serve a broader constituency of stakeholders (or society at large), is it possible to determine which groups are being served and how directors can prioritize between divergent stakeholder interests?

Whereas research accomplishes the transformation of money into knowledge, it is through a process of commercialization that one achieves the transformation of knowledge, as embedded in products, services and market understanding, into money and benefits for individuals, businesses and the society at large.

Critics accused her of focusing on strategies individual women could take to get ahead at large corporations, at the expense of acknowledging sexism throughout society.

The idea of order was made more difficult by wealthy families asserting their economic interests at the expense of society at large.

While the directive aims to strike a balance between privacy and financial scrutiny, it also seeks to publicly disclose some of this information so that third parties and civil society at large can know who holds what currency and potentially even how much.

While they act in the interests of society at large, these institutions are really responsible for ensuring the well - being of their own stakeholders.

In his remarks to a standing room crowd at RJFS» national conference, RJFS Chair Dick Averitt is reported to have embraced the fiduciary standard because, in part, of its mandate to serve society at large, as attorneys and medical doctors are obliged to do.

In our blood and in the brain, oxytocin appears to be the chemical elixir that creates bonds of trust not just in our intimate relationships but also in our business dealings, in politics and in society at large.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs meets November 18 in order «to explore potential promises and risks related to virtual currency for the federal government and society at large.»

The Mortgage Bankers Association recognizes that a strong, responsible and sustainable real estate finance industry requires a workforce that is reflective of our society at large.

If this movement spreads to society at large, perhaps the social propriety of social media could be called into question.

In the end, society must choose whether to save the economy at large, or to save bondholder and banking claims on the economy.

Considering the FN's mercantilistic and economically illiterate economic policies, this is like jumping from the frying pan into the fire — as we mentioned above, society at large is bound to draw the short stick in any case.

It's so bad that most of the people (society at large i.e.) are way beyond saving.

I truly believe they have taken over our schools, society at large, our media, etc..

I, for one do not think for a minute that not granting the priesthood to blacks had anything to do with their worthiness, but had everything to do with the prejudice of society at large at the time.

As Gertrude Himmelfarb has written, in place of the «confession (la Augustine) of one's own faults and sins, it is today «more often a «confession» of the faults and sins of others — of parents, lovers, friends, associates, or, if need be, of society at large.»

The experience with quotas in the ELCA tracks much of the dispute over quotas and «affirmative active» in the society at large.

Maggie Gallagher has been making eloquent, sophisticated arguments proving simple (some would say self - evident) truths for years now: Marriage is good for spouses, children, and society at large; or, in her words, married people are happier, healthier, and better off financially.

While our founders greatly valued religion as a public instructor of virtue, Rousseau thought that religions should only have educational power in spheres not relevant to society at large, and further that the state should determine those precise boundaries.

«We form our beliefs for a variety of subjective, personal, emotional, and psychological reasons in the context of environments created by family, friends, colleagues, culture, and society at large; after forming our beliefs we then defend, justify, and rationalize them with a host of intellectual reasons, cogent arguments, and rational explanations.

Similarly sizable majorities said that h0m0s are generally less happy than heter0s 73 % and less capable of mature, loving relationships, 60 % A total of 70 % said that h0m0 problems have more to do with their own inner conflicts than with stigmatization by society at large

The hospice movement understands that the death of a patient affects not only the patient, but the patient's family and friends, and even society at large.

The world is designed as a playground, but it's also a mirror, reflecting back not only the worst parts of yourself, but society at large.

Such a society depends on the willingness of large numbers of people to undertake tedious and unrewarding work at low pay and in very poor conditions.

In fact, the price paid by shareholders and society at large may have been many times larger than the amount actually paid to the executives.

When such a claim is made and when homosexual activity is consequently condoned, or when civil legislation is introduced to protect behaviour to which no one has any conceivable right, neither the Church nor society at large should be surprised when other distorted notions and practices gain ground, and irrational eruptions increase.»

The consequences of personal goodness and badness are not confined to the individual; they spill over through multitudinous channels into other persons and into society at large.

These include: the feeling of deep trust and at - homeness inside oneself, with others, and in the universe; a fundamental respect for self, others, and nature; the ability and the inclination to give and receive love; a lively awareness of the wonder of the commonplace — awe in the presence of a new baby, a sunset, a friendship; a philosophy of life that makes sense and guides decisions toward responsible behavior; a dedication with enthusiasm to the larger good of persons and society.

Lawyer support of marriages could produce large benefits to spouses, children and society at large, but benefits would also accrue to the lawyers themselves.

Moreover, by no manner of emphasis upon the importance of individuals could early Christians escape, any more than we can, the towering evils of society at large.

In truth, society at large has always treated women as inferior.

Because Religion be exempt from the authority of the Society at large, still less can it be subject to that of the Legislative Body.

Nothing could be said, for within a liberationist understanding of God's will there is little room for considering how, short of overturning society at large, Christians should respond to particular social problems.