Sentences with phrase «general social acceptance»

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Softening attitudes among police lags general public acceptance but seems to confirm an inexorable social trend.

Sustainability Reporting: Final chart in this session looks at the proportion of companies which have adopted «sustainability reporting» - it speaks to the emerging field of ESG research where there is a growing acceptance and body of evidence which says that ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) factors are also relevant and can particularly be useful in filtering out companies that are at risk of brand impairment, legal liability, and general backlash due to inferior ESG practices and ratings.

For example, as early as 20 years ago General Frederick Coutts of the Salvation Army wrote: «Salvationists are identified with the high ideals of social justice and acceptance of the unchallenged rights of every man as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights» (Human Rights and the Salvation Army [Campfield Press, 19681, p. 5)

The cultural changes that Fuchs and Reklis have in mind are increasing individualism, growing preoccupation with individual fulfillment, wider tolerance for divorce as a solution to marital problems, and more general acceptance at all social levels of the high rates of out - of - wedlock births and single parenthood.

Greater acceptance of gambling coupled with the proliferation of gambling information available on the Internet and on social media means that today a member of the general public potentially can pose as big of a risk to the casinos as the wisest wiseguy.

There's a lot of general talk and buzz about Foursquare — we've discussed it at length on the NMS Blog (At SXSW Last Year's Next Big Thing Was This Years Actual Big Thing) but with Foursquare and Gowalla gaining more traction and greater acceptance by small and big businesses, it's time to start thinking about the 2010 and 2012 election cycles for geo - social.

AMSWON National President, Alhaji Abubakar Alhassan Bichi who made this call in his acceptance speech shortly after he emerged as the National President of the association at its Annual General Meeting at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi declared that most of these problems does not require medication but professional advice of trained and certified Medical Social Workers.

Creating better, more appealing ways to get pets adopted doesn't just help those pets or your shelter, either; it raises the profile of adoption in general and creates more social acceptance and awareness of adoption.

In Ontario Human Rights Commission v. Simpsons - Sears Ltd., [1985] 2 S.C.R. 536, at p. 554, McIntyre J. observed that a «natural corollary to the recognition of a right must be the social acceptance of a general duty to respect and to act within reason to protect it».

Gresham (1986) proposes a division of social skills» definitions in three general types: 1) Peer acceptance ones, which tend to rely on peer acceptance indices (e.g. sociometric techniques), 2) Behavioral ones which tend to explain social skills as situation - specific behaviors, and 3) Social validity ones which view social skills as predictors of important social outcomes, such as good social relasocial skills» definitions in three general types: 1) Peer acceptance ones, which tend to rely on peer acceptance indices (e.g. sociometric techniques), 2) Behavioral ones which tend to explain social skills as situation - specific behaviors, and 3) Social validity ones which view social skills as predictors of important social outcomes, such as good social relasocial skills as situation - specific behaviors, and 3) Social validity ones which view social skills as predictors of important social outcomes, such as good social relaSocial validity ones which view social skills as predictors of important social outcomes, such as good social relasocial skills as predictors of important social outcomes, such as good social relasocial outcomes, such as good social relasocial relations.

general knowledge and acceptance of the positive social and psychological benefits for residents in seniors housing communities