Sentences with phrase «profit motive»

Such rising prices also tend to lure in investors into the market sphere with profit motive.

Since they are a non profit, their services aren't centered on profit motive and commission through sales.

Yet the industry's advertising and profit motives play a considerable part in generating that popularity.

The public mission of the entities — to ensure the flow of mortgage capital — can not exist alongside a private profit motive.

They may stand more to gain than to lose, if their creativity is subject to common good considerations rather than to corporate profit motives.

Although I am excited about the possibilities, I imagine it would be difficult to take ownership of projects, with upper management and profit motives charting the course.

We are concerned at increased corporate involvement in climate action that encourages profit motives and moves away from social commitment and compassionate involvement.

«We are pleased that Ed Miliband has followed Nick Clegg's lead from last week and come out strongly against a for - profit motive in education,» said Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) general secretary Sally Hunt.

David Archer, head of programme development at ActionAid, told Schools Week: «Introducing a for - profit motive into running schools and having big companies running the schools is just not right.

We need to recognize there is a great difference between using technology to benefit our long term goals of sustainability so that the short term profit motive doesn't dominate and obscure the benefits that are so needed.

The statement read in part: «The hike shows how profit motive can conflict with public motive.

I will not support Spanos who yanked the team out of San Diego for profit motive only.

MASLOC, should have been dealing with an authorized Fiat dealer in Ghana, with guaranteed and certified road worthiness from the manufacturer for the 1.800 cars, and not an inexperienced Dextro Impex with a huge profit motive.

Because metformin is generic and cheap, drug companies have little profit motive to test it, according to Arnold.

Many of these terms have been muddied by the big publishing - services companies apparently with intent, for their own profit motives.

They say profit motives are behind veterinarians» insistence on annual shots.

An update from Jonathan Blow on his blog last Thursday with job ads for a «puzzle - exploration game that is philosophical, and quiet, and is being made for reasons other than crass profit motive» tickled the fancies of many obnoxious elitists and fueled the hatred of, well, non-obnoxious elitists.

You need to state your agenda, or don't come and play at all (see: Fragdolls), and journalists need to be aware of the ethical problems lying there - in, because Sony's profit motive lies above any interest in fairness on their part.

And a new UN-backed study, reported over at Business Green, confirms that corporate executives and academics alike agree that short - term profit motives are one of the biggest obstacles to environmentally responsible business:

The real estate company's interest in Designated Agency may be perceived as a conflict of interest because of the basic profit motive: the buyer will not be lost to another competitor and the company will be ab1e to get both ends of the commission (either by way of two deal fees or by commission splits with both salespeople).

Which brings me to the release today of Fortune's annual celebrated «Change the World» list, where we highlight companies that are tackling key societal problems with the same ambition — and, importantly, sustaining profit motive — that they're pursuing their core business operations.

For other reasons, Cohen's policy is also controversial, because some say she's eliminating the tip profit motive that keeps the best waiters around.

No matter the rules, «the tremendous profit motive remains,» the authors of the report wrote, «and many will skirt the law to profit from the most vulnerable and economically distressed.»

First, corporate investors including Google, Rakuten, Alibaba, Comcast and others have increased their investments in venture and often don't have the same profit motive (and thus pricing motive) as traditional investors.

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These, often with a title such as The Garden of the Soul were popular, and Luther's prayer book had some of the same prayers in it, but none of the effusive invocations to Mary and the Saints, and without the spiritual profit motive built in.

«The whole profit motive is massively distorted by political action.»

We have a short memory if we think the vulgar profit motive isnew.

According to Weston, some protection accrues from the simple profit motive.

Aims of a Firm (Profit Motive etc...)

Life insurance is far more fragmented, and has a decent slug of mutual insurers who don't have an explicit profit motive.

Despite this, Diner Dash still presents a workers vs profit motive argument which can be interpreted as waitress Flo vs Flo the boss.

Eric, Ray and Martin, Please forgive me for not having time to adequately explain my opposition here, but scientific research must be financed, which introduces the possible profit motive into any study.

dr don easterbook gives a fairly informative view both in text and video (though my research shows that he has taken money from the koch brothers) sadly, many players in this discussion have taken funding from one side or another and / or have a book centric profit motive to push their beliefs.

On the other hand, most technologies that would contribute to the ongoing long - run transition of the economy away from fossil fuels, like more efficient fuel cells for autos or lower - cost solar power sources, need no government funding, since there is ample profit motive to develop them.

Museums are cutting ties with business leaders whose profit motives are at odds with independent science, and divesting from their fossil fuel holdings.

When it comes to Apple's iTunes Match, profit motive goes out the window — indeed it's «immaterial.»

But will profit motive necessarily stifle its growth mission?

letting teachers teach, treating each student as an unique individual, limiting standardized testing, banning those with profit motives from our schools, addressing poverty as a roadblock to learning, and maintaining local, community control of schools.

Journalist and author, David Bacon, writes on Rocketship's profit motives in Rethinking Schools By David Bacon, posted originally on Rethinking Schools.

Some courts... have concluded that a defendant's default itself could be viewed as evidence of willfulness [or make similar inferences based on profit motive to infringe]...