Sentences with phrase «culture as ethical»

We explore the ethics of climate engineering through four lenses: legal protection of human rights, public policy, theology and moral action, and culture as ethical inquiry.

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«Going forward, the head of HR will also need to serve as the ethical voice of a company, coming up with a strategic plan to create and adhere to a zero - tolerance anti-harassment culture,» Mangan explained.

As much as the solution depends on having procedures in place to handle ethical misconduct, it's really about the culture — what's accepted and what's noAs much as the solution depends on having procedures in place to handle ethical misconduct, it's really about the culture — what's accepted and what's noas the solution depends on having procedures in place to handle ethical misconduct, it's really about the culture — what's accepted and what's not.

Finally, HR also gains ethical significance by embodying most of the few tools available for managers to shape that elusive thing known as corporate culture.

Officers and directors of Canadian corporations should invest in ensuring the existence of an ethical corporate culture as they will be expected to «play by the rules» in their international ventures.

Babylonia, situated on a broad low plain between the rivers at their widest points, was very fertile and had developed an advanced culture as early as 3500 B.C.. From this region comes the famous Code of Hammurabi which, dating from long before the time of Moses, shows high ethical discernment regarding the establishment of justice in human relations.

It usually occurs as a gradual slipping of standards that is hard to spot — and hard to stop — until it reaches a devastating end,» If top management works to create an ethical culture, the whole barrel is unlikely to go bad even if there are a few rotten apples.

The whole domain of Western culture, in its political, economic, intellectual and ethical aspects, is seen as ruled by ideologies which have no affinity with the Christian faith.

As transhumanism becomes more prevalent, as the sexual revolution identifies more perversions as «rights,» as technocracy overtakes ethical reasoning and truth is more frequently confused with power, believers will find themselves ever more frequently in the position of explaining that some realities are not contingent on the prevailing ethos of culture, or on our judgments, or on the fleeting whims of self - definitioAs transhumanism becomes more prevalent, as the sexual revolution identifies more perversions as «rights,» as technocracy overtakes ethical reasoning and truth is more frequently confused with power, believers will find themselves ever more frequently in the position of explaining that some realities are not contingent on the prevailing ethos of culture, or on our judgments, or on the fleeting whims of self - definitioas the sexual revolution identifies more perversions as «rights,» as technocracy overtakes ethical reasoning and truth is more frequently confused with power, believers will find themselves ever more frequently in the position of explaining that some realities are not contingent on the prevailing ethos of culture, or on our judgments, or on the fleeting whims of self - definitioas «rights,» as technocracy overtakes ethical reasoning and truth is more frequently confused with power, believers will find themselves ever more frequently in the position of explaining that some realities are not contingent on the prevailing ethos of culture, or on our judgments, or on the fleeting whims of self - definitioas technocracy overtakes ethical reasoning and truth is more frequently confused with power, believers will find themselves ever more frequently in the position of explaining that some realities are not contingent on the prevailing ethos of culture, or on our judgments, or on the fleeting whims of self - definition.

Instead of expiring in courageous resistance, it will save itself by domesticating itself within the different national cultures, and as it does this it will degenerate into a spiritual or ethical manifestation of particular cultures and cease to be a reliable witness to the revelation of God in Christ.

Especially offensive, it seems, are traditional Christian versions of such teachings, other than those Christian ethical teachings, such as special concern for the poor, that are already widely shared in the academic culture.

Although «secular humanism» is a term used most frequently by Protestant Fundamentalists, it was Justice Hugo Black» in delivering the opinion of the United States Supreme Court in a 1961 case, Torcaso v. Watkins» who distinguished between «religions based on a belief in the existence of God» and «religions founded on different beliefs,» such as «Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism, and others.»

Since the accomplishment of Wiltshire in its congregating fails to measure up to ethical expectations, its culture is treated as an inferior undertaking to be nagged toward improvement.

As for Greco - Roman civilization, it was based squarely on slave labor, and one of the profoundest differences between the ancient Mediterranean culture and our own is that there slavery was taken for granted along with a growing consciousness of the moral compromise it involved with man's best ideals, while with us liberty is taken for granted along with deep ethical discontent at the parallels of slavery, or worse, which exist under the wage system.

Mormon, Ethical Culture, Catholic» don't matter so long as «good moral values» are taught.

Today, many Unitarian Universalist congregations and all Ethical Culture societies describe themselves as humanist in the modern sense.

As part of our commitment to creating a supportive and open organizational culture, we are committed to ethical and responsible management, transparency in decision - making processes and a visible, accessible, fair complaints process.

Sini, a Democrat who campaigned as a reformer, in his inaugural speech pledged that he and his prosecutors will be guided by a «culture of compliance with our legal and ethical obligations.»

My Ph.D. research was part of a larger study — Living Changes in the Life Sciences: Tracing the «Ethical» and the «Social» within Scientific Practice and Work Culture — at the University of Vienna's Department of Social Studies of Science, with Ulrike Felt as project leader.

This set of resource includes: • 6 attractive PowerPoint presentations which lead the class through each of the lessons • Fun and thought provoking activities and discussion starters, worksheets and questions to reinforce the learning • 6 differentiated homework tasks • A mark sheet which allows pupils to track their own progress • An end of unit test to prepare the students for exams or can be used as a form of assessment • A complete teacher's guide including easy to follow lesson plans • An answer booklet to help the teacher along The lessons are: Lesson 1 — Looking into ethical and moral dilemmas such as driverless cars and the impact of technology on modern life Lesson 2 — More ethical dilemmas including the ratings culture, medical apps, sharing personal data and cyber bullying Lesson 3 — Environmental issues with technology and how organisations and individuals can reduce these effects Lesson 4 — The Computer Misuse Act 1990 Lesson 5 — The Data Protection Act 1998 Lesson 6 — Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 For more high - quality resources written by this author visit www.nicholawilkin.com

Because many schools need help navigating in the sea of programs designed to promote these capacities — including youth development, character education, SEL, bullying and conflict resolution programs — the first phase of the work is devoted to developing a clear and cogent catalog of practices that have promise in 1) promoting caring school cultures, 2) developing specific emotional and ethical capacities in students such as self - regulation, and 3) responding to challenges such as sexual harassment and bullying.

Paul Strand (1890 - 1976) was introduced to photography as a high school student at New York City's Ethical Culture School where he studied with Lewis Hine.

This work operates with and in the tension between the ethical demand of expression and the institutionalization of taste and sensibility, dwelling on various dysphoric affects of contemporary life — states of suspension, alienation, and impasse — as they manifest in artistic practice and material culture.

As a result of his having won their support, he was appointed in 1988 for a seven year term, which was renewed in 1995 and 2002, and then this year [2008] determined by them to be a permanent post because of changes in employment law — an interpretation questioned on both legal and ethical grounds by lawyer and Stuckist artist, Leo Goatley, who has written to the Culture Minister to express his concerns.

As artist Ionat Zurr, who co-founded the Tissue Culture and Art Project with Oron Catts in 1996, said in a recent talk in Edinburgh: «The role of the artist is to be somewhat critical, to ask: «How do those things happening in the lab affect philosophical, ontological, and ethical questions in society?»»

I think also of some experiences I've had with Indians, where being truthful was less important as a discrete ethic than what I observe in American culture, and for whom if lying in the end preserves some sense of desirable social order, it is equally or not more ethical than telling the truth.

The culturally potent idiom of the dispassionate scientific narrative is being employed to fight culture wars over competing social and ethical values.49 Nor is that to be seen as a defect.

For the tools to be truly useful, they must be embedded within an operational and procedural context wherein computational analysis processes are thoroughly documented as a matter of course and wherein a culture of end - to - end quality consciousness and ethical behavior is the foundation of all the work that is done..

As a consequence, my recommendation to employers seeking ethical lawyers would be: know what ethical behaviours you want, and the risks your practice area presents, and create a culture and circumstances of practice that encourage ethical behaviour.

First, members of an organization are more likely to be receptive to its ethical culture as they identify more with the organization.

REV., Winter 1999, at 131, 131 - 32 (describing «fair treatment of employees» as a «dimension of the organization's ethical culture»).

It is possible, for instance, to regard an organization's ethical infrastructure as including its ethical culture.

I argue this because the regime [7] offers the best means to engage with law firms about their ethical infrastructures — their management systems, their governance arrangements, their workplace cultures... We do this with the knowledge that a firm's ethical infrastructure is just as if not more important than a lawyer's character in shaping their conduct.

Developing mediation skills [facilitated negotiations] and critical issues such as getting parties to the table, ethical issues of the mediation process, power imbalances, the appropriateness of mediation and issues of culture, race and gender are addressed.

Other key topics will include employee engagement, how the role of in - house counsel is changing, competition law, leadership and development, as well as the benefits of diversity, KPIs and building an ethical culture.

This framework integrates ethical principles, such as equality and respect for Indigenous culture, with the economic and social factors that determine how well Indigenous people live in their communities.