Sentences with phrase «examples of abuse»

For example, despite its claims that it was taking abuse more seriously, a BuzzFeed investigation from earlier this year found a number of egregious examples of abuse and threats that slipped through the cracks.

Specific examples of the abuse of domestic workers cited by Mr Ewins in his report include physical and sexual violence, threats, psychological, emotional and verbal violence, isolation, food deprivation, sleep deprivation, denial of private life and intimacy, excessive working hours, confiscation of identity documents, non-payment of wages or grossly inadequate wages, no access to health or medical care, limited freedom of movement, threat of deportation, and assertions by the employer of their impunity.

Artman noted the 678 % growth in MMPA litigation from 2000 - 2009 and highlighted some egregious examples of abuse.

Examples of abuse of the PATRIOT Act include its use by the FBI to charge Adam McGaughey for copyright infringement after obtaining financial records from his ISP, tens of thousands of «National Security Letters» and a million financial records for certain Las Vegas businesses, and investigation of potential drug traffickers for alleged future crimes.

We have not seen an increase in calls to our ethics guidance team seeking advice on the new OFR approach; nor are we seeing examples of abuse of the flexibility given by OFR.

But human history is full of examples of the most appalling examples of abuse specifically based around race.

Many examples of abuse and neglect to animals were alleged, and an animal safety monitoring system simply gone haywire was described.

In Arizona, which has a similar taxpayer - funded private school tuition subsidy program, extraordinary examples of abuse and personal enrichment have been recently documented.

Historical and contemporary examples of the abuse of the rights of minority groups in times of perceived threats to national security are rife, and indeed, as the infamous United States case of Korematsu v. United States demonstrates, even the presence of a domestic Bill of Rights is no guarantee of the protection of minority rights.

I know you don't care about other examples of abuse.

When countries with high rates of international adoptions suddenly put an end to the practice, officials usually cite examples of abuse.

The data leak is just the most recent example of abuse on the site, following reports of Russian meddling during the 2016 U.S. presidential election and controversial Brexit vote in the UK.

Instead, Facebook has used Cambridge Analytica as an example of abuse it's trying to combat, and as a justification for cracking down on developers both malicious and benign around the world.

The Spanish Inquisition is another example of abusing the Christian faith for political purposes.

«I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved - the Cross.

I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved — the Cross.

@Joe I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of [hu] mankind has preserved the Cross.

This is a prime example of abusing the power and trust of an office.

The tragic death of soccer referee Ricard Portillo is just the latest example of the abuse of game officials and poor sportsmanship that has led to a shortage of referees, leading leagues and states legislatures to enact rules of conduct and criminalize assaults.

Lazio called it the «height of hypocrisy» for Cuomo to «brag» about cracking down on double - dipping when his running mate is a «walking, talking, example of abuse.»

Federal prosecutors ably showed he lined his own pockets to the north side of $ 4 million in about as clear and clever an example of abusing the public trust for personal gain as is imaginable.

This situation is extremely advanced and is clearly the most egregious example of abuse of the charter school system which Mr. Biddle adores.

At the time, we had a terrifying example of the abuse of history right in front of us in the Balkans, where Yugoslavia was falling apart and all sides were using the past to stir up their own people against the others.

So Amazon decides they don't want to be bullied by a supplier, and they stop selling the supplier's ebooks, and that's an example of abusing power?

You take examples of abuses of government power (some good examples I have to say) as a reason to get rid of government entirely, which makes exactly zero sense.

If you could please expand on how pointing out the known costs of implementing the AGW community demands on CO2 is an example of the abuse of the precautionary principal?

MattSat, If you could please expand on how pointing out the known costs of implementing the AGW community demands on CO2 is an example of the abuse of the precautionary principal?

The Stefan Boltzmann... remembers that ε is not constant for all materials at any given wavelength» ANSWER: it is k (nu, P, T) that is wavelength dependent not epsilonn; the annex 15 - A shows an example of abuse of the SB formula

An example of this abuse is Katsarou v Greek State.

Instead, Facebook has used Cambridge Analytica as an example of abuse it's trying to combat, and as a justification for cracking down on developers both malicious and benign around the world.

To suggest there is a correlation to a sales tip from someone who has lost a tremendous amount of weight, is really an example of an abuse of salesmanship.

Not exact matches

In Canada, examples of social enterprise range from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore to Atira Property Management, a real estate management company that bankrolls transition housing and support services for victims of violence and abuse.

Notification abuse is just one example of a larger challenge among so many new tech companies — companies that have seized on the latest hacks of human psychology and the pseudoscience of A / B testing to create highly optimized, highly manipulative products.

For example, small groups» coverage must now provide for essential health benefits, such as pediatric services, maternity care and substance abuse treatment, and is subject to maximum deductible and out - of - pocket limits.

Kevin Werbach, a business professor who has written extensively on the subject, said that while gamification could be a force for good in the gig economy — for example, by creating bonds among workers who do not share a physical space — there was a danger of abuse.

While Facebook said that it has a «zero tolerance approach to abuse» and that it will fire employees engaging in such behavior, this is another nightmarish example of how the people with privileged access to our data have the capacity to abuse those privileges.

A detailed weekend report by the New York Times, for example, states that «members of the royal family, and relatives, advisers and associates of the detainees» say those who were kidnapped were coerced and physically abused in some cases, and that billions of dollars in private wealth were transferred to Crown Prince's Mohammed's control.

For example, the Company will not tolerate bribery, sexual harassment, abusive behaviour, exploitation of child labour or abuse of human rights.

For example, I've joined several faith - based initiatives to assist the local victims of abuse and traveled with others to assist victims of natural disasters.

to mention in support, proof, or confirmation; refer to as an example: He cited many instances of abuse of power.

April 1, 2013 at 8:59 am Report abuse Reply LMBO What a great example of tolerance.

For example, during Tiberius's rule, a woman followed the senator Gaius Cestius Gallus around Rome, hurling abuse at him whilst clutching a portrait of the emperor and thus avoiding prosecution, a practice that was far from uncommon.

Can you provide further examples on other realms of society that tolerate zero abuse and therefore there is no child abuse in those parts of society?

If you look at the high - profile history of the Roman Catholic sex abuse cases, for example, I would guess that some smaller portion involves the priests who actually engaged in the abuse, while some larger portion is the cover - up.

I know the hearts of men, and some will abuse my example and my teaching in just this way.

In the United Kingdom, Catholics can have modest pride in our own Church for being an example to the rest of society in how to prevent and tackle sexual abuse.

The full record, as I have read it, actually shows that Tony has actually written against Driscoll's spiritual abuses so many times that one might actually conclude Tony is an example of how the church DOES SOMETIMES CONFRONT ABUSE.

While I don't want to burden this post with too many more specific examples, there are PLENTY more criticisms in the 17 PAGES of posts Tony wrote criticizing Driscoll's abuses at this link if you'd like to investigate.

They lead to the abuse of power which is clearly seen, for example, in the abuse of the free market principle as discussed in Chapter 4.

The employer for example, who fails even to try to correct manifest abuses eventually «comes to that state which his negligence deserves, 29 eventually becoming unable even to recognize the foibles and misjudgments of business associates.