Sentences with phrase «do harm to individuals»

In coming to that conclusion, Justice Cromwell relied on the «private insurance exception,» which essentially provides that where an employee purchases his own insurance, the proceeds of that insurance plan can not be used as a deduction by a wrongdoer who does harm to that individual.

Not exact matches

And this analysis ignores the harm done to low - and middle - income households by the loss of health insurance and higher health insurance premiums caused by the individual mandate's repeal.

While the misuse and exploitation of information people share with companies does not constitute the type of «breach» or theft discussed in the previous chapter on security (because the information was not technically stolen), the potential for harm to individuals and to vulnerable categories of people is nonetheless very real.

«Anything that would indicate this individual's trigger point, that would cause him to do such harm, we haven't understood it yet,» the sheriff said.

It does not mean settling for what's second best because a group of people, the majority of which are not willing to make the ultimate sacrifice of putting themselves in harm's way for others, are thinking about themselves as individuals and putting that ahead of the majority best interests.

However, with their belief intact, the bigotry within much of the church in general has done irreparable harm to countless individuals.

The problem is not what harm it does, it's what good it derails by individuals claiming that going to church and putting money in the plate will help the world somehow....

I will not hate their religion because I know that it's not the will of their God but just a few individuals out to do harm.

The constitutional right to bear arms is technically about the right of an individual to defend and protect themselves and their family against intruders and those who wish to do them harm.

Until there is such research available, APA recommends that ethical practitioners refrain from attempts to change individuals» sexual orientation, keeping in mind the medical dictum to First, do no harm.»

The most famous points regarding the Divine Office in the Society are its exemption from choir, which did not absolve individual Jesuits from our obligation to the Breviary, and Ignatius's personal dispensation from said obligation, which was granted in view of the fact that the flood of tears that ensued when Ignatius recited the Office was harming his eyesight.

So, with that said... I'm all for taking each individual and judging them as I get to know them, but at the same time being very wary as to certain radical ideological groups that may wish to do us harm.

When one is content in his own life, he isn't prone to such hostility toward people he has never met and have done him no harm — assuming it is a reasonable individual possessing any sort of self control or true intelligence — certainly a basic understanding of human interaction.

But occasionally, you get individuals with defects (such as sociopaths), who act completely for their own good, do substantial harm to the community, and are eventually neutralized by the rest of the population.

The issue being identified is this: A pastor has engaged in emotional / spiritual abuse within the context of a congregation and has actively done harm to the wellbeing of individuals.

I say this without rancor or bitterness, and I do not intend any harm to Pentecostal churches or individuals.

Leave aside all of the individual things that Obama is doing that harm economic growth: Obama is the first American president (with the possible exception of FDR) to actually benefit from economic weakness.

We are after all, flawed broken individuals and however we choose to organise ourselves we'll end up doing as much, if not more, harm than good.

And there are a number of other unknowns For example: • We do not know what impact the changes would have in individual families.: • There is no firm evidence that the overall impact would be detrimental to children or mothers.; • We do not know whether current measures for protecting children and adults from harm are sufficiently effective in families where both parents already have PR.

I know you were being facetious in calling for firing the LAUSD communications director, but I have to say that person is in a tough situation here, thanks to Jamie Oliver, and it would be yet MORE collateral harm wrought by him if that individual actually did lose his / her (I forget) job.

At the Welsh Liberal Democrat conference in Newport in April the party passed a motion calling for «an individual's free right to use electronic cigarettes where they like to be protected, unless there is evidence to suggest harm is being done to others.»

Even so, the research could still have important implications for the study of the psychology behind murder and genocide of humans who fall into outgroups because of their race, religion or other characteristics, since those individuals tend to be dehumanized by those who would do them harm, Lifshin said.

The few that did have «high - quality» evidence «show that enduring change to an individual's sexual orientation is uncommon,» and that treatments intended to change sexual orientation may cause harm, including depression and mental distress.

Specifically, even if there is no clear intent to do harm, the law should not immunize a failure to take reasonable measures, such as the sharing of information, to prevent harm when and if the entity knows that such inaction will cause damage or otherwise injure or endanger other entities or individuals.

Let's be perfectly clear, vitamin C has been successfully used — since the 1940's — without a single confirmed report of any dose doing any significant harm to any individual.

While avoiding trans fats entirely is the best idea, it is unlikely that such very small amounts will cause much harm as long as the person is not entirely sedentary and does not have high cholesterol — these individuals should try to avoid trans fats completely.

First Do No Harm (Primum Non Nocere) Naturopathic medicine follows three principles to avoid harming the patient: 1) utilize methods and medicinal substances which minimize the risk of harmful side effects; 2) avoid, when possible, the harmful suppression of symptoms; 3) acknowledge and respect the individual's healing process, using the least force necessary to diagnose and treat illness.

But athletes and active individuals need to be aware if their sports massage could be doing more harm than good.

First Do No Harm Primum Non Nocere Naturopathic medicine follows three principles to avoid harming the patient: 1) utilize methods and medical substances which minimize the risk of harmful side effects; 2) avoid, when possible, the harmful suppression of symptoms; 3) acknowledge and respect the individual's healing process, using the least force necessary to diagnose and treat illness

Though the evidence is theoretically sound, the acidity caused by excessive amino acids in the blood does not appear to be a clinical concern as it is not potent enough to cause harm to most individuals.

However, given that the subject is, to say the least, touchy, the fact that this film was even made is worthy of at least some kudos to Maher for having the guts to potentially offend the vast majority of people in the country, and perhaps the world, with his expression of doubt in their beliefs and his own belief that, though many individuals have found great benefit from the ancient scriptures, religion ultimately does more harm than good when looking at it in its totality from a global historical scale.

But it's long past time to acknowledge that reading tests — especially tests with stakes for individual teachers attached to them — do more harm than good.

Human subject research must adhere to three basic principles: (1) respect for individuals; respecting their autonomy; (2) beneficence; doing no harm and maximizing possible benefits while minimizing risks; and (3) justice; taking special care not to exploit vulnerable groups.

Often a great deal of harm has already been done to an individual's credit even before he or she makes the decision to file bankruptcy.

The bulk of my business revolved around private advertising and I was spotted by a few jealous individuals who had nothing to do with their weekends but to harm my business.

Unfortunately, many individuals do not know how to go about fixing their credit scores and often resort to ill - informed strategies, unscrupulous experts, and self - sabotaging behavior — all resulting in greater harm than good.

That said, there is ample proof from dozens, if not hundreds, of cardholders I know that the «pump and dump» strategy can work without doing much harm to your credit rating if you're careful — although these days it does help to start out with a great FICO score — the most commonly used measure of an individual's credit record.

Unfortunately, individuals and firms acting in their own interests will sometimes do harm to society as a whole.

Because the earth (mother earth, or Gaia, to all you tree hugger freaks) knows what we want, and what is best for us, and what is best is our nice Goldilocks climate that supports the inviolate and constitutionally protected right to cheap, atmosphere changing fossil fuels even though said usage essentially reverses 10s of millions of years of earth lower atmosphere affecting energy balances within a mere speck of time) and not you eco fools who want to harm the poor (something climate change would never do, bill gates and the world's leading scientists and thinkers and economists are fools to even think it — climate change will affect the wealthy) just to give the even more power over our individual lives.

Second, these nations would need to choose a geoengineering suite that did not maximize their own interests but distributed the risks and benefits of their decision fairly across the class of individuals who will be innocently harmed by their actions.

In a free society the individual is presumed to be free to act unless the state can prove harm or the potential to do harm.

We need to act as individuals, but our governments also need to act decisively to stop the harm we are doing to ourselves and to our home.

If you were seriously injured, or lost a loved one, due to the reckless or negligent actions of a drunk driver or a speeding driver, a Loudoun County personal injury lawyer can help you craft a claim for the harms and losses you have suffered and will work to ensure that the individual who caused your injury, or who killed your love done, does not go on to hurt anyone else.

Accused went to cottage of JC with whom she previously cohabited — Accused found JC with victim, another lady, in sauna — Angry words were exchanged between accused and JC — Victim testified that accused pushed her following verbal exchange, as a result victim lost balance and ended up against stove, thereby sustaining serious burns to body — Trial judge accepted victim's evidence that there was some kind of pushing — Accused convicted on one count of assault causing bodily harm, and sentenced to two - year term of probation and $ 1,000.00 fine, accused was also ordered to provide DNA sample pursuant to s. 487.04 of Criminal Code — Accused appealed — Appeal against sentence was allowed — Trial judge erred in concluding that discharge was not appropriate in circumstances, especially given conclusion that accused did not deliberately attempt to injure victim — Trial judge found that there was no need for either specific deterrence or general deterrence; prime concern was need for denunciation of her conduct — Section 730 of Criminal Code permits discharge in cases of this nature, provided that it was in best interest of accused and not contrary to public interest — Accused was responsible individual with no record whatsoever, she held position as counsellor and social worker for 25 years — Trial judge did not find that conviction would definitely affect her employment, but possibility existed, and such conviction would necessarily result in criminal record — There was no likelihood of re-offending — Conditional discharge would not be contrary to public interest.

Indirect notification to an affected individual must be given in the following circumstances: (a) direct notification would be likely to cause further harm to the affected individual; (b) direct notification would be likely to cause undue hardship for the organization; or (c) the organization does not have contact information for the affected individual.

Failure to do so can result in harm to another individual.

Imposing cleanup costs on the innocent may get a small number of individual sites cleaned up, but it is bound to do far more harm than good in the long run.

Unlike other forms of employment contracts, since restrictive covenants have the potential to do significant harm to individuals, courts have the power to overrule them where the restrictions imposed are unfair.

Examples include: when (a) the giving of direct notification would cause further harm to the affected individual; (b) the cost of giving of direct notification is prohibitive for the organization; or even when (c) the organization does not have contact information for the affected individual or the information that it has is out of date.

«With the private right of action, the really, really dangerous aspect of it is that it allowed for the combination of individual actions into class actions with extraordinarily high penalties that had nothing to do with actual harm.