Sentences with phrase «serves society at large»

From an overall point of view, AAAS serves society at large in its role as a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, charitable organization devoted to the advancement of science.

In his remarks to a standing room crowd at RJFS» national conference, RJFS Chair Dick Averitt is reported to have embraced the fiduciary standard because, in part, of its mandate to serve society at large, as attorneys and medical doctors are obliged to do.

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On the other hand, if directors primarily serve a broader constituency of stakeholders (or society at large), is it possible to determine which groups are being served and how directors can prioritize between divergent stakeholder interests?

Therefore, for someone to make the kind of claims Bob makes here, we can only view those claims as self - centered and self - serving, and not helpful to society at large.

«He is to serve his community, and human society at large, in any and every way by which his personality may be brought to bear.

It's hard to imagine a constituency that has been more invisible to city government and under - served by society at large» The funding came from the initiative created and sponsored by Councilman Ritchie Torres.

«Most importantly, we are concerned that the criminal justice system continue to function in Rensselaer County and that this not create a distraction from our duty to ensure that justice is served for the victims of crime and society at large,» the association said.

It shall be the duty of the Council: to consider and act upon matters, not otherwise defined and delegated by these Bylaws, which affect the welfare of affiliated societies collectively or in their relations to each other; to elect annually two members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science resident in the Pacific Coast region as members - at - large, to serve for terms of three years upon the Council of the Division; and to elect the officers of the Division and the other members of the Executive Committee.

A fellow of the American Physical Society, Smith has been a member of the experiments committee for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, and he has served on boards for many other organizations, including Brookhaven National Laboratory, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council of Canada.

Like businesses, they serve customers in society at large, and are accountable to stakeholders in the government that oversee them.

The Nova Scotia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NS SPCA) is currently seeking two interested individuals to serve a minimum two - year term as Directors - at - Large on its volunteer Board of Directors following election at the Society's Annual General Meeting on April 23, 2016.

Iâ $ ™ ve volunteered with local shelters, have fostered hundreds of kittens, served on the Board of Directors of a humane society, was Director of Operations for one of the largest and most successful shelters in the nation, was Executive Director of an open admission animal control shelter which created the nationâ $ ™ s first (and at the time only) No Kill community, and have consulted with dozens more, including some of the largest and best known in the nation.

Prior to joining the Sanctuary, he served as the vice president and director of operations of Hawaiian Humane Society where he oversaw a staff of 50 ran the admissions, shelter adoptions and partnerships, lost and found and animal care services at Hawaii's largest shelter, where more than 30,000 animals would arrive in need every year.

Stephen has served as the President for the Society of Laboratory Animal Veterinary Technicians, Vice President for the California RVT Association and member at large for the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America.

As the Society expanded to serve a larger number of animals, the organization's footprint in the city expanded, as well, eventually holding properties as far north as the Indianapolis Zoo near its home at the time in Washington Park.

The attention toward the collective's activities and ethos is particularly representative to understand a new era of art production in which Colab could serve as a model of decentralization, pluralism, and autonomy, both in the cultural field and in society at large.

He serves on the board of directors at SPE, the Society for Photographic Education, the world's largest association of photography educators.

The legal academy is giving increased attention to the question of the education needed to appropriately equip today's students to serve the needs of clients, employers, and society at large.

Lord Devlin in the Wolfenden Committee argued that the law should serve a normative function in excluding social changes that are yet to become dominant public norms as perceived by society at large.

Tellingly, this does not restore the public confidence in the legal system but instead alludes to the existence of a two - tier system, one system that serves lawyers and another for the society at large.

Consumers are dismantling the insular legal guild and embracing «law companies» — operating in the corporate and retail segments — that better serve the needs of consumers and society at large.