Sentences with phrase «own conscience»

I don't want public attention because I don't want the story to be about me... I want it to be about what the US government is doing... I'm willing to sacrifice all of that because I can't in good conscience allow the US government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building.

«When you are no longer what Thoreau called a corporation with a conscience,» Burnett admonished his firm, «when you begin to compromise your integrity... stoop to convenient expediency and rationalize yourself into acts of opportunism for the sake of a fast buck,» he thundered, «[I'll] demand you take my name off the door.»

Overwhelmed consumers are looking to outsource their consciences to the companies they buy from.

We imagined that as long as we gave people the best product and the best deal, and were the cleverest about getting our message to them, the marketplace would be its own conscience.

Stark's intentions, of course, were to save the world with Ultron's artificial intelligence capabilities, but Ultron gained a conscience and along with that came a hatred for humanity.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the most revered figures of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and a key backer of the divestment campaign that helped end the system, was an early backer of fossil fuel divestment and said in 2014: «People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change.»

Preaching morality is above my pay grade, but you don't even have to have a conscience to see the madness in this.

Was nice while it lasted, I guess... I respected my execs, they were real, have consciences.

As CEO of Merck and as a matter of personal conscience, I feel a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism.

«That is not a risk I can take in good conscience.»

Both men and women of good conscience are fearlessly acknowledging the elephant in the room — the disturbing, age - old trend of men in power taking advantage of their status to prey on women (and other men) working below them.

He turned away inquiries from others looking to turn an insurance claim into a reno: «I can't in good conscience give you a new kitchen when I have friends with no kitchen,» he'd say.

The exodus was led by Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier who resigned Monday from a manufacturing council, saying, «As C.E.O. of Merck and as a matter of personal conscience, I feel a responsibility to take a stand against extremism.»

The challenge is to be the bulwark of your emotions by maintaining a composed state of awareness, and being mindful and conscience of your reactions.

«As C.E.O. of Merck and as a matter of personal conscience, I feel a responsibility to take a stand against extremism,» Frazier said.

The 1948 declaration which established the modern state of Israel pledges that the country will «ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex,» and that it «it will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education, and culture.»

They have to balance the feelings of their customers, their shareholders and «the duty they have to their consciences.»

But selling gas, Twinkies, and cigarettes didn't sit well with his conscience.

Tristan Harris, a former Design Ethicist at Google, who The Atlantic Magazine called the «closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience,» currently heads the Center for Humane Technology.

While relationships between humans are subject to ethics, morals, shared values, and a social conscience, machines and algorithms have none of these.

An official reviewer for Amazon.com called Seventh Generation a «poster child for corporate conscience.»

By March, however, Bloomberg had determined that his candidacy would be futile, resulting in the election of either Trump or Sen. Ted Cruz; which he referred to as «a risk I can't take in good conscience.»

Just as some impact investors focus on supporting businesses in the developing world, investors with a conscience would do well to fund minority - owned businesses in the U.S., Bradley argues.

Nearly a decade after launching Participant Media, a movie production company with a social conscience, Internet - mogul - turned - unconventional - philanthropist Jeff Skoll is still looking to change the world.

This reminds us that AI has no social awareness, conscience, mercy, or remorse.

March for Life is not a religious group, but can similarly object on grounds of moral conscience, the federal ruling says.

You just need a conscience and a spine.

And I want to be clear that your intuition is different from your conscience.

If they feel like me and they're troubled in their conscience, they won't join.

Let your conscience shout as loud as it wants if you're using it in the service of others.

«I just don't see how in good conscience some people can do that.

They work in tandem, but here's the distinction: Your conscience shouts, «here's what you should do,» while your intuition whispers, «here's what you could do.»

Normally, when presented with the first two, our conscience resists the temptation.

As people sobered up, Komisar became the conscience of a generation of start - ups that he encouraged to build businesses with a significant purpose beyond just making money.

«We are living in an unprecedented time, one in which we are witness to the conscience of our country, and the promise of the American Dream, being called into question,» CEO Howard Schultz wrote in a letter to Starbucks employees about the plan.

As he bounces along from idea to idea, all the while salting his sentences with ominous facts about the energy problem, I can't help wondering if he isn't going to give himself a crisis of conscience.

What the world needs now is capitalism with a conscience.»

This is why clear limits help to make for a clear conscience and a happy heart.

«History shows that kids, with their innocence, honesty and moral urgency, can shame adults into discovering their conscience,» says Levingson.

It looks good on your resume and your conscience.

Think about the effects your actions will have on your spouse, your family members, your conscience, and even your work.

You have a guilty conscience.

Merck experienced significant increases in positive consumer perception in the days following Frazier's resignation from Trump's manufacturing council over what he called a matter of «personal conscience,» according YouGov BrandIndex, a firm that tracks public opinions about brands.

In contrast, the current no - wi - fi policy fosters a vibrant community feel that's more in line with the brand's environmental ethos and social conscience, she says, also pointing to early ambitions to evoke the «Penny University» spirit of old English coffeehouses.

Remember the reason you became an entrepreneur and keep it close — in your conscience, on your phone or on a piece of paper in your pocket.

For any other leader with a measure of accountability, humility, and a conscience, growing and learning new skills to overcome blind spots that are a detriment to the company's success is par for the course.

A so - called conscience protection bill in Arkansas died in the Judiciary Committee in February a day after Arkansas - based Wal - Mart said the legislation would send «the wrong message about Arkansas, as well as the diverse environment which exists in the state.»

7th US Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame law professor, was questioned intensely about her Catholic faith as a result of past writings expressing her beliefs on whether Catholic judges should recuse themselves from death - penalty cases if they believed they would be unable to impartially uphold the law, writing that — in limited situations — judges should step back in cases that conflict with their personal conscience.

But having one's religious conscience protected from intrusion by one's fellow citizens is a much less compelling need than having it protected from the government.

David Scoffield, lawyer for the bakery's owners, argued Tuesday that the family should not be compelled to create a product «to which they have a genuine objection in conscience.»