Sentences with phrase «encouraged by our culture»

Abortion is relevant only to the extent that the single or unready parenthood is encouraged by our culture; many of these children would be better off if they had been adopted as infants.

For the vast majority of us, these are beliefs, desires, or habits encouraged by our culture.

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She encouraged firms to interrogate, rather than accept, that statistic by seeking feedback from female hires on office culture, opportunities for advancement and conscious and unconscious bias within the workplace.

A culture is a living thing, powered by and kept up to date by the people who are encouraged to be, in a meaningful way, part of it.

The decision was apparently spurred by a campaign arguing that the magazine exposes people to a» #MeToo culture» that encourages the sexual harassment of women.

You'll encourage a culture of empowerment by saying any job is here for the taking and simply pointing to the board when someone asks: Hey!

I encourage my employees and all professionals to pay close attention to the company culture and example set by senior leaders.

Take a moment to recognize a small, yet smart decision by a junior team member today, and you'll be doing the culture equivalent of genetically encoding them to work and lead by the actions you encourage.

Create a culture of authenticity in your company by encouraging your people to express their own ideas and values and contribute their opinions whenever possible.

While it is encouraging to see the high level of support from Chinese companies, for whatever reason, the unfortunate truth is that not all leading domestic Chinese companies are able to serve the one belt, one road as they are constrained by traditions, culture, and language barriers.

We believe our long - term performance is enhanced through an equity ownership culture by our executive officers since it encourages a focus on the long - term performance of our company.

GFI's innovation department has two primary areas of focus — firstly, encouraging scientists and entrepreneurs to join the plant - based and cultured meat industries, and secondly, supporting the ongoing success of existing companies in the industry.26 They have assembled a list of potential companies based on what they believe are promising ideas that have not been capitalized on, 27 and they have developed a list of more than 220 entrepreneurs and scientists, many of whom take part in monthly video calls led by GFI.28 In the last year, they have had some success in assisting in the founding of a plant - based meat company in India, Good Dot, and a plant - based fish company in the U.S., SeaCo.29 The companies have both raised millions in venture capital and are making progress towards competition with animal products.30 Although venture capitalist funding is a good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to GFI.

GFI sees value in market research, and may conduct some themselves; they have already conducted a short survey to identify the most appealing name for cultured meat.96 They would also be interested in research done to identify other factors important in promoting plant - based and cultured meat, such as whether consumers are more likely to respond well to promotion related to health benefits or to animal welfare.97 They plan to conduct such research and will encourage its use by companies.

Especially encouraging is the renewed Christian urgency in reappropriating the Jewish shape of Christianity and the emergence of a new generation of Jewish intellectual leadership prepared to argue for a culture firmly secured by the Judeo - Christian tradition.

No matter the generation, our culture encourages discontentment by sending messages of «more,» «better,» and «new.»

The enemy, Satan, began his attempt to destroy God's people in the Garden of Eden, by also trying to corrupt the world (which led to Noah's Flood), by trying to destroy Israel with attacking armies, and by encouraging Israel to fall into idolatry by exposure to other cultures as well as intermarrying women from those cultures.

In a similar way, Catholic teaching today, as notably set forth by John Paul II, strongly encourages the fullest possible cooperation among Christians in contending for a culture of life and of truth against the encroaching culture of death and deceit.

It would be naiive to think that there is not a little of that in all of us the — inclination to be focused on «me» encouraged by the individualistic cultures we live in.

It was, I said, «good and hopeful stuff, which encourages one to hope that he will be using his obvious capacity to work out what's going on in a particular secularised culture to help the Church here to begin the fightback, in the most effective way open to him - that is, by helping the Pope to appoint bishops who will do everything they can to implement rather than to undermine the Holy Father's agenda.»

I encourage the curious to read «The Greatest Show on Earth» by R. Dawkins for the remarkable tale of our common history... something quite different from the often insidious tribal codes of caste and culture.

After writing a blog post last week urging Christian conference leaders to pursue diversity in their speaker lineups, I've been so encouraged by the response, and in particular by the number of majority - culture leaders who have added their voices in support.

If the judge knows so much about Muslims and their so - called culture (the word culture being a misnomer), he also knows they believe lying to «infidels» like him is encouraged by their cult.

Similarly, when one examines the treatment of slaves encouraged by the biblical writers, it is decidedly more generous than that of other cultures... although the categorization of slaves as property, the use of slaves for reproductive purposes, and leniency regarding beatings, remains troubling, or «needing further movement,» according to Webb.

The problem is that our liberal culture encourages us to respond to these experiences of unhappiness by blaming the ever - so - slight remnants of the traditional «NO!»

Moreover, the premises of freedom within the scientific tradition imply wider freedoms; a culture which believes in the universality of truth and shares a common dedication to it will encourage freedom of discussion, rather than the settlement of arguments by force.

It offers a very gentle and careful «stop» on the fast - paced road of our culture, where we are told to abide by a specific but ever - changing set of rules and rarely encouraged to listen.

By suggesting this theme I am not speaking about the racist «separate development» of cultures but rather about the interaction of cultures which are fully affirmed and encouraged.

Dialogue, particularly with people of other faiths, holds out the possibility of conversion in many ways: conversion of others to the fullness of the faith, conversion of ourselves to a deeper living of our own baptismal grace, conversion of the culture to a nobler vision of the human person encouraged by the many examples of virtue to be found within and outside the Church.

GFI sees value in market research, and may conduct some themselves; they have already conducted a short survey to identify the most appealing name for cultured meat.96 They would also be interested in research done to identify other factors important in promoting plant - based and cultured meat, such as whether consumers are more likely to respond well to promotion related to health benefits or to animal welfare.97 They plan to conduct such research and will encourage its use by companies.

America's Bartender Now in its 7th year, the GQ and Bombay Sapphire «Most Imaginative Bartender» (MIB) competition continues to identify the nation's leader in mixology by encouraging bartenders everywhere to push the boundaries of a rapidly evolving cocktail culture to it greatest potential.

Beer tourism is an interactive collaborative initiative among distilleries and breweries supported by local tourism boards that encourages visitors to immerse themselves in the local culture.

Arseblog in a passionate, brilliant and balanced blames the culture of «they don't like it up em» which is encouraged by the media.

And, finally, because prevailing attitudes towards concussion symptom reporting and reporting behavior are deeply entrenched in our sports culture, we encourage, as Step Five, that coaches, athletes, athletic trainers, team doctors, and parents continue working over the course of the sports season to create and maintain an environment in which athletes feel safe in immediately reporting concussion symptoms (both their own and their teammates) by sharing and reinforcing positive messages about the importance of immediate concussion symptom reporting via social media, by maintaining open lines of communication and an ongoing dialog about concussion safety among and between and among coaches, athletes, medical staff and parents.

By: Joe Newman Charlie Sheen is the perfect icon for a culture that encourages, even idolizes, unconditional rather than transactional relationships.

First, our culture has changed so that fathers with partners, who used to be seen as discharging their paternal responsibility primarily by earning money, are now encouraged to be more involved in their children's lives.

From setting up a workspace that encourages independence to building a family culture that supports self - directed learning to concrete suggestions for a step - by - step approach to inquiry - based investigation, Project - Based Homeschooling shares techniques for mentoring independent, confident thinkers and learners.

Excellent opportunity to embrace new foods from different cultures, to increase nutritional awareness by encouraging balanced meals and reaching the goal of «5 a day» fruits and vegetables.

We encourage you to help us change the culture of fathering in America by joining the Championship Fathering Team.

«We are encouraged by his commitment to all children, his resistance to a «testing culture» and his support for the community schools approach.»

«He betrayed families by claiming he'd abolished boom and bust and encouraging a «spend now, pay later» culture.

«The NCC is very encouraged by the fact that both Ministers have a strong understanding of the tourism industry having both served on the culture select committee during the last Parliament.

The something for nothing culture encouraged by the previous Labour Government created a two - tier benefits system where the strivers and low paid workers have been penalised for the idleness of the shirkers.

I agree that experiences such as the London mayoral vote, encouraged in part by an AV system, was good for pluralism but let's not forget that this new culture was really underpinned by Labour and Green co-operation in the Greater London Authority, forced on them by PR.

8 We will encourage a new culture of saving by abolishing income tax on savings for everyone on the basic rate of tax and raising the tax allowance for pensioners by # 2,000 to # 11,490

Their efforts rarely generate news coverage, but taken together, they make critical diplomatic contributions by encouraging communication and trust between nations and cultures.

Furthermore, evaluation systems in China should help to breed a collaborative research culture by formally recognizing the intellectual contribution of each collaborator and encouraging not only cooperation between Chinese researchers and institutions but also international collaboration.

«And by developing a new approach and encouraging different behaviour changes, we hope to start developing a culture shift in the way we think about food.»

Limiting grains to a moderate level as practiced by Traditional Cultures is a good goal to strive for when making snacks — overeating of grains even if homemade and carefully prepared to eliminate anti-nutrients can bring on weight issues in a hurry and encourage lack of variety in your family's diet.

The 6 super foods that nearly every culture throughout history has sworn by for boosting fertility and encouraging a safe delivery of a healthy baby?

Recipe to make the best first food for baby as practiced by healthy, traditional cultures to boost intelligence and encourage early speaking.