Sentences with phrase «negative impact of our decisions»

On another note, while you correctly cite the judgement for the principle that you can't contract out of the duty of good faith, I think there are steps that can be taken to reduce the potentially negative impact of the decision.

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A 2013 survey of 1,046 consumers conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of Zendesk found that 90 percent of respondents said that positive online reviews influence buying decisions, while 86 percent said that negative reviews directly and negatively impact their purchasing decisions.

Many of the metrics that drive CEO pay are short - term and provoke decisions with negative long - term impact; underinvestment in research and development and choices that have long - term negative environmental impact.

The Federal Reserve's (Fed) widely anticipated decision this week to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade has garnered plenty of attention, especially from those concerned over the possible negative economic impact of rate increases.

30 percent of Saint Johners surveyed say the decision will have an extremely negative impact on the local economy moving forward.

Packaging sustainability is one of the top concerns of today's consumers, and the environmental impact of packaging — both positive and negative — can play a role in a consumer's decision on... Read more

Obviously the autonomy and flexibility to decide the direction of your business; however, that same autonomy comes at a price because the decisions you make can often have a negative impact that you have to live with or spend time repairing!

In a large population, any corrupt decision by government (using the non-criminal meaning of corruption) has very low relative negative (obvious) impact on random populace member; and very high immediate positive impact on a special interest benefiting from that corrupt decision.

«Do you support measures that increase accountability, transparency and that increase the input of school district parents in the decision to permit and maintain charter schools, as well as measures to reduce the negative fiscal impact on school districts with large numbers of charters?»

The impact of this decision has been an enormous negative.

It is about data, it is about numbers for them, but it's about people for me and we have made so many decisions in the city of Albany that have just been driven by data, but have had a negative impact on the lives of people.»

Participants took part in a real - time electronic poll which explored their views on a series of issues relating to their profession: Among the results were: over three quarters of BME teachers considered themselves to be ambitious, yet stated they are being held back by racial discrimination, and the attitude of senior colleagues; nearly two - thirds (62 %) of BME teachers felt their school or college was not seriously committed to addressing their professional development needs and aspirations; 63 % of BME teachers said their employers were not committed to ensuring their mental and physical wellbeing at work, with workload cited as the single most negative factor impacting on their wellbeing; the vast majority of BME teachers felt the Government does not respect and value teachers and does not understand the day to day realities of teaching (99 %); three quarters of BME teachers said they were not confident that their headteacher will make professional and fair decisions regarding their future pay.

«Addressing the negative impact that the Citizens United decision has had on our democracy is important,» Stewart - Cousins said in a statement to Gotham Gazette, «but also we must take action to fix our own glaring campaign finance and ethics issues in New York State such as closing the LLC Loophole which also allows special interests to contribute endless amounts of money.

«The decision to deny the approvals necessary for the construction of the Constitution Pipeline will have a direct and immediate negative impact on our state's economy.»

Leprosy, a much feared and stigmatized scourge in history, affects a tiny number of Americans, but Congress's decision to make a modest cut to its annual budget for care and research will have an outsize negative impact, leaders in the field warn.

The organization made an «internal, self regulatory decision» to scrap the project because of «public perception» and the «apparent negative societal impacts involved,» it noted in a statement.

Further on he warns that in the oversight committee's next funding round in July, «negative decisions» about peer - reviewed grants awaiting the board's final approval «would have a fatal impact on CPRIT's peer review system» and would «be extremely harmful to the research community's view of science in Texas, and thus on the ability to recruit scientists to the state.»

«Triple - negative breast cancers tend to be more aggressive compared to other types of breast cancers, and being able to predict response to therapy could greatly impact treatment decisions and patient outcomes,» says study author Shaveta Vinayak, MD, oncologist at UH Case Medical Center and Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

A poll taken in June, right after the Vergara decision was handed down in Los Angeles, found that 49 percent of California voters think that teachers unions have a «somewhat or very negative» impact on the quality of K - 12 education, with just 31 percent saying that they have a «somewhat or very positive» impact.

«The reception baseline needs to be appropriate to pupils and schools — we can only influence the shape of it, to ensure that it does not have negative impact on children or teachers, if we're involved in the design and are around the table when decisions are made.»

It's significant that PEAC's recommendation is unanimous, for 2 reasons: First, it appears that the leadership shown by CEA last year in striving to work with PEAC members to have deeper discussions about the issues has been successful, which, in turn has brought a more clear understanding of the negative impact brought about by including mastery test scores in teacher evaluation; and second, a unanimous decision will, hopefully, have a greater impact on the way the State Board of Education discusses and reviews the recommendation.

In a world of other choices, the quality of the Nook hardware could not overcome the negative impact of the company's business decisions.

The Spanish Newspaper Publishers» Association issued a statement Friday night, stating that Google News was «not just the closure of another service given its dominant market position», recognizing that Google's decision: «will undoubtedly have a negative impact on citizens and Spanish businesses».

(A second cashback would serve to magnify the negative impact significantly) We still see the continued ripple effect of the initial cash back decision ten years later.

A conviction - weighted portfolio of 25 - 40 common stocks amplifies the impact (positive or negative) of stock selection decisions on performance, yet provides managers the flexibility to maintain broad issuer and industry diversification.

While low credit scores often do not impact federal decisions, in rare cases someone with a lengthy history of negative factors would need to have a co-signer.

Advocating against underlying inequalities and removing systemic barriers that hinder the lives and livelihoods of women, such as the lack of decision - making power or land (and land inheritance rights), which exacerbate the disproportionately negative climate impacts for women.

Lower growth from residential solar bellwethers reflect the impact of negative policy decisions (Nevada) combined with a decision to eliminate the more costly customer acquisition sources in a capital constrained environment.

As part of our contribution, CSW commented that the document might carry greater relevance for decision - makers who want to advance a needed adaptation agenda to an unconvinced or climate - skeptic audience (a very real possibility) by including more explicit language on the ways in which climate change issues can be framed to appeal to diverse groups — for example, emphasizing the potential damages to people and property to one community, the negative impacts to industry in another.

The administrator and the administration has decided to move forward on endangerment, and your comments do not help the legal or policy case for this decision... I can only see one impact of your comments given where we are in the process, and that would be a very negative impact on our office.»

I think the work that Zeke and Mosher / BEST is doing is valuable, but I question the fidelity of the data WRT making drastic policy decisions that will clearly have an impact on our economy, quality of life (negative impact), and our ability to help those that the left claim to care so much about — the poor.

Beverly Law, co-author, said that misconceptions have influenced decisions in the past, «If our ultimate goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, producing bioenergy from forests will be counterproductive...... Some of these forest management practices may also have negative impacts on soils, biodiversity and habitat.

In «Make a carbon tax part of reform effort» (Concord Monitor, 9/19/11), Holtz - Eakin argues for comprehensive tax reform to include a carbon tax so that more of the «true cost of burning a fossil fuel... in the form of air pollution, a negative impact on human health, harm to the environment or climate change [is a] component in economic decisions [such as] include whether to invest in a coal - fired power plant or a wind farm.»

Rees warns that the decision could have a negative impact for some tenants who will have to pay more for the collective purchase of their freehold.

If you have young children, an amicable approach to resolving child custody and other decisions will help minimize the negative impact that the end of your relationship will have on them.

The Tribunal went on to fully endorse the decision in Misetich and the principle that, «in order to constitute a «need» or «requirement» relating to or arising out of the parent - child relationship, it is not sufficient that there just be any negative impact, but that the negative impact must result in real disadvantage to the applicant, arising from the parent - child relationship and the responsibilities that flow from that relationship.»

While stereotyping is normal, it can result in snap judgments that reinforce negative preconceived notions about certain groups of people, exacerbating the impact of bias on our judgment and decision - making.

Also important for you to know, if you are driving very close to another vehicle, this proximity will reduce your vision field, and will have a hugely negative impact in your level of reaction when swift decisions are needed.

With the exception of the Intel Atom «SoFIA» chip, most of the others are indeed quite old chips, so this decision shouldn't have too much of a negative impact on PC users and companies that bought Intel chips.

Though, he admitted this could «open the floodgates to spam attacks» and have a negative impact on the network, it provides further evidence of the design decisions currently being considered in an attempt to differentiate the cryptocurrency.

In order to make the best decisions in your career, it's helpful to understand both the positive and negative aspects of bouncing around from one job to the next, and how it can impact your long - term goals.

Changes in traditional leadership and representation in this manner have a significant negative impact on the internal decision - making systems of indigenous peoples.

External business decisions around the supply of alcohol to Aboriginal communities have also contradicted community - led work which helped impose alcohol restrictions to tackle the negative impacts of over-consumption, she said.

The Commission considers that it is important to ensure that decisions made under this scheme are appropriate and that respondent parties funded under the scheme are not having a negative impact on the overall functioning of the native title scheme.

If you have any children or property, you can end up making mistakes or bad decisions that have a negative impact for the rest of your life.

This is the first instance of a Board, comprised of direct competitors, being specifically singled out in a negative decision, along with impact of any vote the MEMBERSHIP itself could be held accountable for as direct competitors.