Sentences with phrase «better public decisions»

If policymakers and citizens don't recognize the role that science now plays in modern everyday life, and the value of scientific evidence to help us make better public decisions, research and innovation will not thrive.

Not exact matches

In a supervisory setting, good leaders are able to debate and argue behind closed doors and then fully support a decision in public — even if they privately disagree with that decision.

In the current challenging economic environment, a company's worst - case scenarios might include the bankruptcy of its biggest and once - best customer, a banker's decision to close down its corporate credit line, the postponement or cancellation of an impending initial public offering, or the meltdown of a company's value.

All manner of disastrous decisions can be made when careerism and corporate expediency are placed above the public good.

It is good for the investing public to know that the company is making decisions about things like dividends with the best interests of shareholders in mind, rather than the best interests of the CEO.

It is important for the FOMC to continue on this journey because when the public has a better understanding of how monetary policy decisions are made, not only will the public have the information it needs to hold us accountable for our decisions but monetary policy itself will be more effective.»

Supported by Democrats and Republicans, the regulatory reform process demonstrates our ability to bring together the right people and engage the public to make good decisions.

If the financial connection to China, a country whose government typically opposes transparency and political dissent, seems problematic, Hwang isn't concerned: «If anything, we are informing the public about upcoming changes in laws as well as the decision makers behind it, emboldening affected parties to act up and speak up if necessary,» he said.

Canada managed the financial storm of 2008 better than others because we anticipated risks and acted proactively with public policy foresight, responsible oversight of our financial industry, and better decisions and performance by financial service providers and our clients than was the case in other countries.

While the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) doesn't currently have crypto trade regulations in place, authorities are collecting information in order to make educated decisions on how to best protect the public without stifling innovation.

In sum, the public corporation succeeded in large part because it provides a hierarchical decision - making structure well suited to the problem of operating a large business enterprise with numerous employees, managers, shareholders, creditors, and other inputs.

The Liberal government has preferred to make a politically motivated decision to press ahead with this $ 9 to $ 10 billion project without proper oversight and without good evidence that the power is needed or that the project is in the public interest.

It would be good to know who stands to gain with this Canada Post decision, a quick glance tells me that the Canada Post Digital Delivery Network, Direct Marketing industry with location data analytics gain, and that would include companies like Pitney and Bowes, while the Physical Delivery Network which is the one that serves the public, loses.

These credit - reporting agencies also offer a wider array of business credit services [3], like public records of critical business information such as liens and judgments, as well as corporate profiles for high - risk credit decisions.

They're «exempt from the costs of their decisions,» says the Fraser executive v - p, who is the co-author of the public sector compensation report as well.

We partner with organizations ranging from household brands, government bodies, not - for - profit organizations and the media who want to better understand public opinion and inform their decisions.

So of course it's in their best interest to approve every project possible, even if those decisions are not in the public interest.

 The Harper government's decision last year to write off every penny of the auto aid and thus build it all into last year's deficit calculation (which I questioned at the time as curious and even misleading) has already been proven wrong. Since the money was already «written off» by Ottawa as a loss (on grounds that they had little confidence it would be repaid — contradicting their own assurances at the same time that it was an «investment,» not a bail - out), any repayment will come as a gain that can be recorded in the budget on the revenue side. Jim Flaherty has learned from past Finance Ministers (especially Paul Martin) that it's always politically better to make the budget situation look worse than it is (even when the bottom has fallen out of the balance), thus positioning yourself to triumphantly announce «surprising good news» (due, no doubt, to «careful fiscal management») down the road. The auto package could thus generate as much as $ 10 billion in «surprising good news» for Ottawa in the years to come (depending on the ultimate worth of the public equity share).

Comparing national test scores, Catholic schools in general (as with most private schools) perform better in both reading and math than public schools although the advantage is stronger in reading than in Math though the difference in Math was still statistically significant; however, this could be due to the self selecting nature of the students in Catholic schools where the parents have made the decision to value education to the extent of paying for it.

The virtue of socialism, it is argued, is that it does away with such irresponsible authority, and forces those who make economic policy to appeal to the electorate and to justify their decisions in terms of the public good.

The public will have to make the decisions, as it often does, quite apart from any clear consensus among the people who know the technological aspects of the issue best.

What the just war tradition is really good for is that together with pacifism it can identify and denounce the less restrained views which in fact dominate public discourse and decision - making.

Similarly, if teachers employed by the public are assigned to teach on parochial school premises, they tend to come under the administrative aegis of the parochial rather than the public school (not that they teach religion, but that they otherwise function to some degree as adjunct faculty, increasing with tax funds the staffing resources of the parochial school — a consideration apparently underlying two 1985 decisions but not well articulated by the Supreme Court)

Without peaceful public acceptance of their decisions, courts risk irrelevance at best and social chaos at worst.»

But we have good reason to believe that Jesus had in fact faced his test and made his decision before ever he came out in public.

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because, jose... it's a well reasoned effort to keep delusional religious idiocy out of government bodies that make decisions for our industry, trade, and public education system.

My public profile in the UK was high, so a season of study in Canada, where we had regularly visited, seemed to be a good decision.

He warns that by adding them to the well - publicized list of «fundamental rights and freedoms» which was accepted as public world law in the Universal Declaration of 1948 and its subsequent Conventions, we risk diluting the «true» rights and place them at the mercy of changing policy decisions.

Hence, the use of technology for good purposes runs into three tough problems at once: (1) balancing private wants and social needs; (2) harmonizing the plans made by individual experts with the decisions of the public as a whole; and (3) devising long - range policies in a political system which responds best to immediately felt needs, fears, and wants and which has a generally ill - informed electorate.

The founder, Adam Smith, had a rather cheerful view of human economic activity, especially in societies in which strong moral foundations guide public behavior and free, competitive markets reward with better profits and higher wages those producers and workers who make good decisions.

SC is better of leaving this to public instead of them making a decision and last time I check public already made a decision.

He criticized the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. the Board of Education, and in 1956, at the invitation of the governor, he addressed a joint session of South Carolina's legislature to support the concept of separate but equal for churches as well as for the public schools of the land.

With all the furor and dishonesty over the Supreme Court's decisions on contraception and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, it's a good moment to think about what kinds of structural weaknesses the center - right has in public debate and what can be done to address some of those weaknesses.

«Looking back, it was probably the best decision we made in launching Public School 612 — we were able to test the décor, the food, the ambiance, the beers — everything without actually opening a full restaurant until we were ready,» Senior Vice President of Operations John Sola says.

«With a public health challenge as serious and complex as obesity, we must ensure that policy decisions focused on public health are based on the best scientific evidence, which this recommendation is not,» said the Council's CEO Geoff Parker.

If he makes his decision - making process into a public mind game... Well, that's the 21st century manager and it's fine by many of us!

kronkes influence over the club is minimal at best how many decisions does he actually make in the public club domain that we all know of, i am only guessing here but just because he is majority shareholder it doesn't mean he can just do what he wants without the other board members say so, i suppose the rest of the board would vote him out of power and liquidate his shares if he did something really wrong like leveraged the club against a big debt.

Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon for someone thrust into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished for such behaviour... the only on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful decision to take his frustrations out into the public sphere and paid dearly for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though

And why would private companies have their decision - making processes out in the public domain — we should know better.

I'm sending my oldest to public school and it was a hard decision because my values lie elsewhere, but so far, minus a couple glitches I have worked out with her Kindergarden teacher already, so good.

To obtain the best education for your child research into your local public school system as well as research about homeschooling will help you to make a decision that makes sense for your own family.

«Now we have collectively tuned out the white noise of trembling fear that's always slashing away at the radio silence of your decisions gone public, forever threatening to try and torpedo any good and decent day.»

In addition to helping parents make the best and most appropriate decision for themselves, the information provided here should also be of use to educators, health professionals, public health officials, the media, sleep researchers, child protective services, coroners, forensic pathologists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and other social scientists, as well as researchers in a variety the developmental fields including human biology.

other issues such as education and vaccination decisions had to be made, and, while at first the young couple followed the norm and the first two of their children started out in public school and fully vaccinated, it just didn't sit well with the parenting style they'd developed.

The best (though not ideal) solution lies in public involvement in governmental decision - making (it is also our duty — we are, after all, a sovereign people), both via direct action (such as what Bettina does) as well as via indirect advocates (i.e. lobbyists), combined with intelligent decision - making by the government agencies which takes into account and reflects the diverse nature of our society.

Our teens are ruled by impulsivity and daring, a combination which does not combine well with public forums that create a permanent record of every decision.

When we can push aside the stress, concerns about public perceptions, and influences of modern culture and connect with our true intuition we can usually make good choices and decisions for ourselves and our families.

Judge Dorothy Kirie Kinnaird announced the unprecedented decision, concluding that park district officials had squandered the public's funds as well as its trust.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.