Sentences with phrase «fairness means»

I think we can all agree that fairness means everybody has the same opportunity to succeed.

If fairness means telling the truth, I found an absence when claimants are told that their claims had been investigated.

If fairness means that claims are properly considered, I found instead a practice of denying claims outright, without consideration.

For the children, the denial of a fairness means they may never succeed, never get out of poverty, and may never live up to the potential we know is inside them.

Yes, fairness means giving money to help the poorest in society.

What does fairness mean in a lifeless world?

And what exactly does fairness mean?

Not exact matches

Those with the means and the speed have such an advantage over other institutional investors, not to mention retail investors, he maintains, that disarming bad actors in some form is necessary to restore balance and fairness.

Speaking of fairness suggests to me what makes things feel fair, which tends to mean whatever answer we go with result from a process people feel took their interests into account, which usually means it resulted from a reasonably democratic answer.

The fairness of an investigation hangs in the balance between efficiency and thoroughness; responding promptly to a complaint does not mean reaching an immediate conclusion.

This change in the law preserves the fairness of the incentives to delay, but it means that you can not receive one type of benefit while at the same time earning a bonus for delaying the other benefit.

This means making sure the industry — which holds the promise to meet small businesses» capital needs — is built on transparency and fairness, and puts the interests of small businesses at the center of the lending process.

Ordinary Christians like me (of the Catholic persuasion) take morality to mean honesty and fairness in financial dealings.

De Waal recently published a book called «The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates,» which synthesizes evidence that there are biological roots in human fairness, and explores what that means for the role of religion in human societies.

It does so in part because it grounds purpose and meaning — as well as fairness — in the shape of a whole life and not also in every moment of it.

But only one - quarter of all Indianapolis congregations are Catholic or mainline, so the sample is not representative of all congregations (in fairness, it was not meant to be).

The Bible has concepts that mean fairness to everyone.

In fairness, to me, he has not lived up to his billing or potential but this does not mean he can not come good.

But in fairness just because we enquire doesn't mean we'll sign him we could be set a wild goose lose

This is clearly some new meaning of the word fairness I was hitherto unaware of.

Quid showed that while the media narrative was focused on corporate control and Washington corruption, people were talking about fairness, diversity of public voices and what it means to be American.

«We should treat every person who works here with respect and dignity, and that means creating a climate where there is accountability, fairness, respect, and access to justice if sexual harassment takes place.

In fairness I don't think he meant it in a development context - he'd be clearly wrong since the Washington Consensus is long dead and overwhelming evidence from Stiglitz, Ha - Joon Chang, Oxfam and others show that no country in history has lifted its people out of poverty without an active state, the infant industry arguments etc..

Cuomo has said publicly in recent weeks that was eyeing potential changes to the tax code and has spoken about «fairness,» but has not elaborated on what that might mean.

«I believe the millionaires tax is still the best, most reliable, most verifiable way to get that permanent funding for the MTA, especially because our vision for the millionaires tax includes the Fair Fares concept, meaning half price Metrocards for low - income New Yorkers as a matter of equity and fairness and creating opportunity,» he said.

Do the Conservatives sincerely believe that fairness in austere times means cutting inheritance tax?

«And I hope I have the credibility on my own as someone who is concerned about fairness and that means everybody is heard.

«They don't know the meaning of honesty, integrity, fairness, it has been taken from their vocabulary for the last 16 years.

«It also means we will be left with a Brexit that works only for bankers and the rich, instead of one that's based on fairness and works for the rest of us.»

Im changing Labour so we can deliver fairness w less money.That means tough decisions.

A sense of fairness and community which means that we can't simply allow wages to be undercut, that entitlements should be earned, and that people should learn English and be part of our society.

This helps return fundamental fairness to the system and provides a means for aggrieved property owners to pursue such action in a court of the citizen's choosing, not the government's.

Whilst welcoming the Taylor Review's proposals to bring greater fairness in rights to certain workers in the «Gig Economy», the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) advises that the suggestion in the Taylor Review to keep the three categories of workers under employment law - renaming one» dependent contractor» from «workers» — means further work will still be needed to ensure fairness and simplicity in tax outcomes.

We the Civil Society understands Democracy to practically mean fairness, social equality, accountability and consensus building to benefit citizens at the grassroots.

There should be equity and fairness in the jail placement process - and that means looking throughout our borough - not just in the South Bronx,» noted Serrano in his statement.

A Progressive tax rate (meaning that the rich pay more) is typically predicated on a very specific definition of fairness that realizes: An equal percentage is still harder on the poor.

Phillips, a board member of Britain Stronger in Europe, said the senior Conservatives «shout fairness but mean exclusion» when they promise to put in place an Australian - style points system.

In the interests of intergenerational fairness it's time to means - test that allowance.

But it's fair that those with broader shoulders should bear a greater load, and I think it's time for a new conversation about what fairness really means.»

But even if someone discovered that an algorithm fell short of some fairness standard, that wouldn't necessarily mean the program needed to be changed, Datta says.

I'm not completely satisfied with his response to the protein and satiety thing, I mean if you eat 16 oz of rib eye, I don't care how much gluconeogenesis there is because I guarantee you WILL NOT be hungry for quite some time (although in all fairness, there's a good amount of fat in rib eye).

«That means keeping things relevant while maintaining fairness, discretion, and value for money.»

In fairness it is a first - rate cast playing horrible people.If this all sounds intriguing, by all means see «August: Osage County.»

In fairness, though, there are many layers to Sun Choke, meaning that repeat viewings might bring more clarity on those issues.

I don't mean to minimize the impressive impact that KIPP appears to have on academic success — and in all fairness, this is the developers» primary objective.

This means incentivizing the use of meaningful content in the classroom and eschewing misguided, patronizing notions of fairness that would undermine the promise of the Common Core and harm the educational opportunities of our most disadvantaged students.

We toss around that word in education, but we typically mean it in the sense of «fairness.»

This is both because of the virtues of localism and civil society and because the federal government is by no means always on the side of the angels when it comes to fairness — remember the Fugitive Slave Act, Dred Scott, Plessy, the WWII - era internment of Americans of Japanese descent, race - based redlining.

«Our reforms have been underpinned by a commitment to social justice and fairness - that means achieving educational excellence for everyone, everywhere, regardless of their background,» he added.

We are dedicated to a principle of fairness that means support for charter or regular public schools should not come at the other's expense.