Sentences with phrase «of impact on society»

But no business has a time horizon of this scope and the potential to have the sort of impact on society that education does.

They drew their definition of religion from the point of view of its impact on society.

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But a more important question is how we as a society feel about the impact of the entire online tsunami on society overall.

«A Boom with a View,» Erin Griffith's long - running column on the impact of technology on society, received an honorable mention in the Commentary / Opinion category for medium - sized publications.

«There's a full section that talks about pay equity, and what is the larger impact that the gender pay gap has on our society, our economy, our families,» says Deepti Gudipati, vice president of member leadership programs for the AAUW, who is working with the city to roll out the program.

«I'm not exaggerating when I say AVs will have as big an impact on our cities and society as the arrival of the first cars over 100 years ago,» says Barrie Kirk, head of the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence (CAVCOE), which is striving to build an ecosystem of organizations to supply the market's needs.

But today's consumers and employees, particularly Millennials, are increasingly aware of the impact a business has on society and on the environment, and that awareness informs their decisions in a way that it never has before.

«I think the impact of machine learning on society will be larger than the impact of mobile on society,» Khosla said Tuesday, during a fireside chat with Vator CEO Bambi Francisco at the Post-Seed venture capital conference in San Francisco.

After building a portfolio of startups over the past decade, the Fubu founder and «Shark Tank» investor Daymond John has found that his most successful investments have a positive impact on society.

«It's up to him to define what society can become, and I think the feeling was there weren't a lot of characters on the show that could have that kind of impact on Rick.

Under his watch, he says, the Star will make a lot of public noise while having a positive impact on society.

«1) create a material positive impact on society and the environment, 2) expand fiduciary duty to require consideration of non-financial interests when making decisions, and 3) report on its overall social and environmental performance using recognized third party standards.»

Seventy - five percent of HR professionals say employee absences have a large impact on revenue and productivity, a 2014 study of more than 1,000 respondents worldwide by Kronos and the Society for Human Resource Management revealed.

Thurman says that as people in business, «we should take heart because, although a lot of people who consider themselves progressive and spiritual feel like business is something very lowly, that it's about just making money, the vocation of business can be extraordinarily honorable and has the ability to make a long - lasting positive impact on our society and world at large.»

Leaders who prioritize volunteering and a connection to social causes are finding success in attracting and retaining Gen Yers, many of whom stress their desire to work for a business that has a positive impact on society.

In the U.S., today's public discourse on the sway of the Internet giants and their impact on society is at the level of a mere whisper.

Truth is, they are all relevant; they've all made a positive impact on business, society, and the future of work.

«It's probably hard to overstate how big of an impact it's going to have on society over the next 20 years,» he said.

«I know that it's becoming cliché,» concedes Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures (which organizes the Summit), «but I actually think virtual reality is going to have an even more profound impact on society, how we organize ourselves, how we communicate, even modes of transportation.

«By making this shift they clearly prioritized one over the other, and are potentially a bit nervous about the current (really negative) narrative about the negative impact of social media on society.»

Technology continues to have profound impacts on society and industry and will continue to capture an increased portion of the total economic pie.

Many of them offer telecommuting, they are fast paced, always innovating and allow them to work on meaningful projects that have an impact on society.

But this is less of a check on power than it first appears because the impact of social media on society and the economy is still poorly understood, and regulation takes time to catch up.

And most importantly, can it outweigh the impact its benefactors have, by definition, already made on global society, simply by amassing huge amounts of wealth, information and power through an inherently long - biased economic system?

While wrongdoers unfortunately exist in all facets of society, there is no basis to conclude that virtual currency is enabling violence or other criminal activity, or that stricter regulation of virtual currency would have a meaningful impact on those activities.

New Social Data Initiative to equip scholars and researchers with processes, data, and information necessary to examine the impact of social media on society, beginning with elections and democracy.

The bottom line is any new tool that helps Canadians build their retirement nest eggs through convenient and systematic savings through payroll deductions can have a powerful impact on the eventual levels of retirement income and importantly, the overall strength and stability of our economy and society in Canada.

Or will making aggregated user data available data better inform our understanding of social media's impact on society?

Speaking as part of a panel on how decentralized technology will impact our society, the creator of Ethereum shared his particular insight into a related topic: the current token landscape.

It's time to think about the bigger impact of technology on the fabric of society, and not just your personal case.

It's been raised in an expert panel report on Environmental and Health Impacts of the Oil Sands Industry, commissioned by the Royal Society of Canada.

In the months and years to come, Hurricane Maria's impact on the economy, the energy system, schools, agriculture, and all facets of society will continue to be felt.

A podcast about the impact of artificial intelligence and its effect on society, job security, and the future of the human race.

«But my view is, the internet has become so mainstream that the number of congressional hearings that have to do with the internet is still hopefully proportionately low compared to the impact the internet is having on society.»

«Autonomous vehicle technologies will have a tremendous impact on society in terms of safety, mobility and security,» Chao said in an address at the Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday in Las Vegas.

The outlook is nonetheless for more sedate growth in the U.K. this year and next as the impact of pent - up demand for new cars fades, the U.K. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, or SMMT, said on Tuesday.

The final report said there was «some appeal» for this kind of investment, as long as the project might have a significant impact on society.

CSV uses the power of the company's brand to inspire change and produce an overall beneficial impact on society.

Given the size of the millennial population, any of these scenarios will have a profound impact on homeownership and renting in our society.

And considering the impact of religion on society (good or bad) I would argue it is not a moot point for discussion period.

Contact with reality» which is to say, the actual operation of the legal system and its impact on society» is more likely to confront academics with the immutable truths of human nature than endless theorizing restrained only by the politically correct predilections of one's colleagues.

And while it is surely obvious that not everything can be covered in a discussion of this length, I would argue that the prayer and Bible - reading decisions of the early Sixties have had a far greater impact politically, culturally, and legally on American society than many scholars realize.

If people would spend more time worrying about now, instead of where they come from, why they are here or where they might end up, we could tackle the issues that have a negative impact on society.

According to this view, the New Deal had a more profound impact on American society than even its most ardent admirers have suggested: it imposed norms of relative equality in pay that persisted for more than 30 years, creating the broadly middle - class society we came to take for granted.

A shaky Chinese regime is likely to try and displace public discontents over the policy's impacts on the Chinese economy and Chinese society by chest - thumping in its immediate neighborhood; signs of this are already visible in the South China Sea.

The Need To Develop It remains strange that so many of the Church's leaders seem incurious to the opportunity of science for the Faith, as the potential impact of science on society (for good and ill) becomes ever more important with each passing year.

«The event, the fourth of its kind, seeks to raise global awareness and create a forum for collaboration around the wide array of powerful and promising cell therapies, gene therapies, and immunotherapies emerging from medical institutions around the world, as well as the impact new technology will have on humanity and society,» a press release by the Cure Foundation explains (h / t Christian Post).

One of the biggest problem plaguing society and having an impact on children is «divorce».

According to Falwell, Beck's presence at the podium will «continue Liberty's long tradition of Commencement speakers who are making a positive impact on society in all walks of life.»

Chine is of Nigerian descent and has a passion for reporting religion's impact on society, as well as writing and speaking about faith, race and gender.