Sentences with phrase «of value for society»

Self - made billionaire entrepreneurs have created millions of jobs, billions of dollars in private wealth and probably trillions of dollars of value for society,» the report says.

In his widely persuasive attempt to apply «systems theory» to political analysis, for instance, David Easton writes that «what distinguishes political interactions... is that they are predominantly oriented toward the authoritative allocation of values for a society» (EPA 50; see also PcS, chapter v).

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Regardless of the label, the idea is centered around creating a shared value between the business and for society.

From a value perspective, if the young adults with leukemia who respond to therapy end up with more years of life — an outcome that is quite likely — then Kymriah will be cost - effective for society as well.

Each member of society has an algorithm for placing a value on each of those publications.

«This combination creates a compelling new blueprint for the future, positioning us to capitalize on important trends in society, from the emphasis on health, wellness and nutrition, to the imperatives of value and convenience.»

Having a long - term and responsible approach to ownership is EQT's way of creating value for investors, in portfolio companies and to society at large.

At Nestlé, we have analyzed our value chain and determined that the areas of greatest potential for joint value optimization with society are Nutrition, Water and Rural Development.

Indeed, we regard profit and the creation of shareholder value as the byproduct of making a difference for our key stakeholders and society.

Any business that thinks long - term and follows sound business principles creates value for shareholders and for society through its activities e.g. in terms of jobs for workers, taxes to support public services, and economic activity in general.

For instance, Chinese firms have to be aware of roles of trade unions and labour laws that differ from those in China; be respectful to the diversity and equality that are the reality of Canadian culture and society; and be environment friendly that reflects Canadians value.

While pensions are not nearly as common as they once were, they are a very important part of the retirement plans for many of society's most valued workers: teachers, police officers, fire fighters and more!

Religions incorporated and codified these basic social values and skills, and quickly learned to take credit for them — as if, without the religion, we would be doomed to not have them — although we see them in every human society, including hunter - gather tribes with no sense of gods as we understand them After many centuries of religious domination, enforced through pain of death, ostracization or other social sanctions, allowing religion to take credit, as well as failing to question other religious claims — has become a cultural habit.

The Odyssey Network reports that «LDS Democrats, many of whom were formerly Republican, say the Democratic Party now best represents their core values, including caring for the most vulnerable in society.»

It ignores the leadership of civil society, including religious leaders; the political value of religious ideas (real theology) in creating a functional future for these nations; and practices like forgiveness that allegedly prevent the just application of punishment.

In the present social and cultural context, where there is a widespread tendency to relativize truth, practising charity in truth helps people to understand that adhering to the values of Christianity is not merely useful but essential for building a good society and for true integral human development.

Moreover, many Americans have become concerned about the indifference toward values and behavior that was so characteristic of the Great Society thrust, the aversion to holding persons responsible for those actions that precipitated their own dependence, the assumption that «society» is to blame for all the misfortune in theSociety thrust, the aversion to holding persons responsible for those actions that precipitated their own dependence, the assumption that «society» is to blame for all the misfortune in thesociety» is to blame for all the misfortune in the world.

While separating from the abusive approach of today's semi-Marxists, the Christian is able to work for the best value in society.

The military powers are not power realities in themselves, but they influence every aspect of the human life in a given society and in the world, for militarization of politics, economic structures, and cultural values is the pervasive phenomenon.

Both persons and societies have a derivative value in this metaphysical scheme, for it is only actual occasions of experience which have value in themselves.

The fact that a society — using the terms in its common sense meaning — has no value for itself does not mean that it can have no life of its own.

It may be even more difficult for liberation theologians to admit that there are values in the perspective of the oppressor when they see so clearly the marks of interest in the structures of society the oppressor has organized and in the ideology by which these are justified.

What is possible for those who survive is to live locally and in community with others who have the same values rather than those of the self - destroying society around us.

We must ensure that our Catholic schools teach Catholic doctrine, and uphold Catholic values — including the values that might clash with current trends in British society: marriage as the lifelong union of a man and a woman, the need for human life to be cherished from conception to natural death, the truth about our sexual identity as male or female.

What is now possible and will remain possible for those who survive is to live locally and in community with others from the values of God's Commonwealth rather than of the self - destroying society around us.

Countries and societies especially the US are carried away with everything under the umbrella of freedom and rights your governments should learn from third world countries true values and laws.certain lines should never be crossed and such movements need to be exterminated for the sake of youngsters that must learn true values and acts in order to be a well being and not end up in jail and on the long run in hell.

First, its premisses concerning society and modern man are pseudoscientific: for example, the affirmation that man has become adult, that he no longer needs a Father, that the Father - God was invented when the human race was in its infancy, etc.; the affirmation that man has become rational and thinks scientifically, and that therefore he must get rid of the religious and mythological notions that were appropriate when his thought processes were primitive; the affirmation that the modern world has been secularized, laicized, and can no longer countenance religious people, but if they still want to preach the kerygma they must do it in laicized terms; the affirmation that the Bible is of value only as a cultural document, not as the channel of Revelation, etc. (I say «affirmation» because these are indeed simply affirmations, unrelated either to fact or to any scientific knowledge about modern man or present - day society.)

It is simply that I have decided that the only theological work worth doing at the moment is that which contributes toward the creation of a vision and a set of values relevant to the transformation required for civilization to survive and move into the promise of the planetary society.

With its concern for historical truth and invocation of the need to facilitate the cultivation of the human person and society, «Mapping» at this point comes tantalizingly close to this vision only to fall back into statements that «the fundamental sources of value in a culture are neither necessary nor universal.»

Partly for this reason, it is not arbitrary to believe that additional resources in the hands of the poor add more to the total value realized in society than do the same resources in the hands of those who already have plenty.

At present this urgently requires a well - argued case for religious freedom; [13] without it Christians will certainly sufferbut society will suffer immeasurably as it loses the spirit of Christianity which has contributed so essentially to the freedoms and values which have benefited it for so long.

But humanity is spiritual as well as physical, and so human society is founded on the absolute value of the individual and the need for a direct relationship with God as the Environment in which men find their Life - Law and their fulfilment:

8) The sentence of death may be improper if it has serious negative effects on society, such as miscarriages of justice, the increase of vindictiveness, or disrespect for the value of innocent human life.

The Community of Christians would bring together the most fertile minds from various fields for the express purpose of defining Christian values for society at large.

In its thematization at the 1983 Vancouver Assembly, the phrase integrity of creation was clear in general implication but lacking in exact definition.2 In meetings of the Church and Society Working Committee, the phrase has come to name the intrinsic value that each and every living being has in and for itself as a creature loved by God, and the instrumental value that living beings can have for one another and for God as instances of an evolutionary and web - like creation.

In our society, sexuality has lost so much of its value, because it is no longer set apart — rather, it's on display for the world to see.

On the other hand, criminal punishment may not always contribute to a just society As argued eloquently by Donald Shriver in these pages (August 26, 1998), «living with others sometimes means that we must value the renewal of community more highly than punishing, or seeking communal vengeance for, crimes.»

For Whitehead these relationships are seen as expressions of value: «The Universe achieves its values by reason of its coordination into societies of societies, and in societies of societies of societies» (AI 206).

It is the reign of God in every department of human society, the divine scale of values for every individual, group, and nation.

There is a temptation for members of a cultural elite to see their values as the only respectable virtues, a tendency that blinds the group to both cultural innovation and aesthetic dissent, especially from people deemed marginal to established intellectual society.

They are particularly essential in a society devoted to values, to keep before the public a clear vision of ideal ends to be served and to show explicitly in what respects materials offered for public reception do or do not measure up to these standards.

Some how it's felt that values, morals, virtues are not there in a secular world only faceless solid lifeless laws of men rather than what has been relayed by Holy books that calls for good deeds and reject bad deeds and to build a faithful societies, communities, nations since communications among nations or even among the nations of mixed cultures and beliefs... Laws or God and universe are to be prepared by some thing that is equivalent to UN but built on nations beliefs to achieve the code of understanding among nations but as can see now it is build on groundless bases if not of words of God to faiths... in addition to those non spiritual secular beliefs to make decisions of faith but at the moment the secular world make and take the decisions while the beliefs and faiths has to pay for it when it becomes a war between all faiths or religions outside your world, it would become back into your inside among the mixed culture and beliefs of the nation or nations under one country flag...!

It is essential that those of us whose roots are still within the Judeo Christian system of ethics, who value freedom, who strive for the just society, and who recognize the enormous productive potential of market capitalism should be fertile in ideas in the coming battle for minds.

The fact that there is relatively so little concern for manners in modern American society is not a consequence of democratic commitment but a sign of uncertainty and indecision concerning our values.

«And there's another group who really liked Santorum,» Green continued, «and were quite excited about him not only because of the social issues but because they saw him as representing this positive role for faith and values in a society.»

They imposed the idea of secular nationalism on the Indian peoples because they were convinced that it was the best basis for unity of pluralistic India and the best path towards building a new society based on the values of liberty, equality and justice.

We can work for good schools that prepare young people to live as productive members of society capable of appreciating the finer values of our heritage.

Although valued, like the Jews, for their contribution to the economy, the reconquista spirit still remained at the heart of Spanish society and the Moors were particularly feared for their natural allegiance to the Ottoman Turks, the great scourge of Christendom.

In What's Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West (HarperCollins), he argues that the Qur» an and Islamic principles support the values of pluralism and free society.

«For a society premised on the inherent worth of the individual as its prime value, the most disturbing element is the evidence of a growing contempt for human beinFor a society premised on the inherent worth of the individual as its prime value, the most disturbing element is the evidence of a growing contempt for human beinfor human beings.