Sentences with phrase «coercive threats»

Occasionally coercive threats compel a person to violate the law; and in such cases the individual is rightly excused from legal guilt.

Not exact matches

A most particular threat to the human rights project is the coercive use of foreign aid and other international programs in order to advance alleged rights related to procreation, population control, and the independence of children from their parents (in the name of «children's rights»).

I would further add that, similar to the self - preservation concerns of the dutiful Nazi executioners, the apologetics defending such atrocities is subject to a similar coercive context in that the choice of obedience or empathy is flanked by promises of reward and threats of punishment.

Conference notes that this growing phenomenon includes: (i) management - led working practices which have not been workload impact assessed; (ii) coercive practices such as insidious threats to career progression; (iii) the de facto lengthening of the school day through the expectation that teachers will deliver extra lessons outside of the normal timetable; (iv) the loss of lunch breaks for teachers and students alike; (v) the bullying of teachers into running «booster» and revision classes after school, at weekends and during holiday periods and (vi) the consequential compromising of the teacher's work / life balance.

The vote followed an acrimonious meeting, where commissioners appointed by the Assemblys peaker demanded a public discussion of the deliberations, and called the governor's threats to open his own investigation «coercive.»

And Commissioner Jacob says he finds Governor Cuomo's Moreland Act Commission threat «coercive».

The majority (62 percent) had a history of psychological maltreatment, and nearly a quarter (24 percent) of all the cases were exclusively psychological maltreatment, which the study defined as care - giver inflicted bullying, terrorizing, coercive control, severe insults, debasement, threats, overwhelming demands, shunning and / or isolation.

Dating Abuse is defined as a pattern of coercive behavior in which one person attempts to control another through threats or actual use of physical violence, sexual assault, and verbal or psychological abuse.

We also have a problem with the use in the press release of such emotive language («the threat of coercive takeover or control tactics»).

Remember INFS's adoption of a poison pill «to help ensure... our Board of Directors is able to conduct its review of strategic alternatives without the threat of coercive takeover or control tactics that do not offer shareholders a fair premium»?

«It appears clear the hospital was using the threat of the policy as a coercive attempt to increase the rate of immunizations amongst hospital workers — which was not well received by the arbitrator,» he says.

informing the participants that the presence or absence of other persons at a mediation, including attorneys, counselors or advocates, depends on the agreement of the participants and the mediator, unless a statute or regulation otherwise requires or the mediator believes that the presence of another person is required or may be beneficial because of a history or threat of violence or other serious coercive activity by a participant.

Additional persons may also be present if the mediator believes that the presence of another support person is required or may be beneficial because of a history or threat of violence or other serious coercive activity by a participant;

Reduce coercive processes (anger, verbal aggression, threats of force, emotional abuse) by caregivers and other family members.

Coercive discipline (94 % available) representing parental use of threats and coercion to achieve desired behaviour.

«Coercive Power» is a person's ability to influence others» behaviour by punishing them or by creating a perceived threat to do so.»