The current political and
social climate in South Africa has led to uncertainty in the investment world.
Studies also show strong associations between adolescents» experiences of
the social climate in school, social relationships and mental health outcomes.4 — 9 Poor relationships are connected to worse health outcomes, 3,8,10,11 in particular for strained relationships.12 Also, there seems to be a connection between disempowerment from teachers and strained peer relationships.13
There were no significant differences between experimental and control group teacher ratings on student's behaviors measured by the Landau scales of
social climate in the classes (LASSO), including measures of rivalry between classmates, aggression against classmates, and extent of clique formation.
Broader findings from the study conducted in Norway included improved
social climate in the classroom, reduced bullying and improved academic skills [20].
A wind firm has obtained a court order to force researcher Marie - Ève Maillé to reveal the names of participants in a study she conducted to determine the deterioration of
social climate in communities where turbines were built.
There is an obvious contextual parallel between the killings in São Paulo that first galvanized If You Say So... and
the social climate in the United States, particularly in America's metropolises.
In spite of over 37 million Irish Americans living today, the current political and
social climate in America and Ireland, leaves it difficult to gain a working visa, leaving America more of a holiday destination for the Irish in stark contrast to its history.
he initially began working with gunpowder to foster spontaneity and confront the suppression that he felt from the controlled artistic tradition and
social climate in china at the time.
Accomplished in a variety of media, Cai began using gunpowder in his work to foster spontaneity and confront the controlled artistic tradition and
social climate in China.
Both specific and non-specific, these are imagined depictions of women - some are real individuals and others hybrid figures - born out of Joffe's consideration of works of art and literature and
the social climate in which they were created.
Most importantly,
the social climate in class and in school is assumed to have a significant effect on the prevalence of violence in schools.
Brag Tags promote Positive Behaviors and a Healthy
Social Climate in the classroom.
In an attempt to reflect on the current political and
social climate in the United States, Reverend Jackson guided his audience through the last four centuries of plight for historically marginalized communities the United States, citing periods from Native American genocide and the enslavement of African - Americans to Japanese internment and Jewish persecution.
The audience is sort of thrust into Gilles life, and if you don't have any prior knowledge on the political and
social climate in early 70s France, like I admittedly didn't, then you'll likely be confused.
McDonagh's script certainly takes major jabs at the current
social climate in America regarding law enforcement.
Although Black Star is not intended as a direct response to the current
social climates in the UK and US, Clark says that a number of the films in the programme speak directly to what's happening today: «John Singleton's seminal Boyz n the Hood is a prime example: it's impossible to watch the film and not see very clear connections to contemporary issues of police brutality and gentrification.
Not exact matches
If you go to an Ivy League school, «there are prestigious companies that will take a chance on you even if you majored
in classics or medieval history,» he writes, but «the problem is that while we need lots and lots of people with humanities and
social science backgrounds,
in today's increasingly anti-intellectual
climate, majoring
in philosophy is becoming a risk that fewer and fewer people can afford to take.»
After Trump's announcement
in the White House Rose Garden on Thursday, Elon Musk followed through on his threat to withdraw from President Trump's advisory councils, saying «
climate change is real» — a sentiment shared by many other CEOs and businesses on
social media.
Especially on the impact of these protests and the
social climate that everybody has to live
in.
Weaned on mobile technology, fluent
in social media and networking and immersed
in issues such as
climate change and sustainability, Millennials seek work environments that reflect their ideals.
He characterizes the
social climate under President Trump as «hostile,» and adds that even
in Seattle, a famously progressive area of the country, he now hears the occasional racial slur on the street.
In early January, Walden Asset Management, a corporate client who uses Vanguard for their 401 (k) program, wrote Vanguard about its proxy voting practices with respect to
social and environmental issues like political spending and
climate change.
Though they have made their mark
in the private sector, these men and women are taking public stands on hot button
social and environmental issues ranging from gay marriage to
climate change to gender equality.
A report
in February last year from the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association suggested default funds for defined contribution (DC) pensions - which 90 per cent of DC savers subscribe to - are vulnerable to a range of environmental,
social and governance risks (ESG), including substantial
climate risk.
National Observer is a daily, progressive national news publication that publishes tough investigative reporting,
in - depth analysis and daily news coverage on energy,
climate, politics and
social issues.
It's time we all meet
in the
social impact space to tackle big world issues like, hunger poverty and
climate change!
El Puente, a Latino organization based
in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that focuses on
social justice, education and
climate change issues, has raised enough money to purchase thousands of lanterns — which Puerto Ricans on the island view as a glimmer of hope to help guide them through the dark.
The Trade Justice Network joined over 30 labour, environmental,
social justice and faith - based organizations
in signing an open letter on NAFTA, the environment and
climate change.
In the current political
climate,
Social Security as we know it is on the chopping block.
The President's speech and its affirmation of the Alberta's government's
climate change policies is likely the type of «
social license «that Ms. Notley hopes will lead to more oil pipeline construction approvals
in the future.
«
In your discussions with the Canadian government, we encourage you to raise concerns over the environmental and social problems associated with tar sands production and make no exemption for the tar sands in any binational agreement addressing climate change» says the open lette
In your discussions with the Canadian government, we encourage you to raise concerns over the environmental and
social problems associated with tar sands production and make no exemption for the tar sands
in any binational agreement addressing climate change» says the open lette
in any binational agreement addressing
climate change» says the open letter.
Explaining to its shareholders how it is addressing strategic risks linked to major environmental and
social policy issues, such as
climate change and human rights, is an important dialogue every corporation needs to engage
in with its shareholders.
It will also provide an
in - depth look into innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities, how to address common communication barriers between clinicians, healthcare executives, and IT, how the current
social and political
climates are impacting the industry, and much more!
These factors — many of which are beyond our control and the effects of which can be difficult to predict — include: credit, market, liquidity and funding, insurance, operational, regulatory compliance, strategic, reputation, legal and regulatory environment, competitive and systemic risks and other risks discussed
in the risk sections of our 2017 Annual Report; including global uncertainty and volatility, elevated Canadian housing prices and household indebtedness, information technology and cyber risk, regulatory change, technological innovation and new entrants, global environmental policy and
climate change, changes
in consumer behavior, the end of quantitative easing, the business and economic conditions
in the geographic regions
in which we operate, the effects of changes
in government fiscal, monetary and other policies, tax risk and transparency and environmental and
social risk.
And the brouhaha shifts the national discussion to divisive
social issues that could repel swing voters rather than economic ones that could attract them
in a
climate of high unemployment and stumbling recovery, the GOP officials said.
He added: «I pray that
in our current political and
social climate his message will reach those who support hate and division, and inspire them to a conversion of heart.»
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, for example, noted
in its 2015 annual report the increase
in reports of violence
in India
in recent years and observed that a «
climate of impunity» against wrongdoers appeared to exist
in a number of Indian states, «exacerbating the
social and religious tensions among communities.»
Given the present
social climate, those not involved
in a sexual relation are bound to feel a keen sense of insufficiency (and perhaps exclusion).
A second type is historical (sometimes called higher) criticism, which aims to provide a better understanding of the message of the Bible by viewing its different books from the standpoint of the period when they were written and the
social setting, historical circumstances, and
climate of thought
in those times.
A statement read: «
In a
social and political
climate such as ours, it often takes a gathering of unlikely individuals to shape the future of our nation on issues of faith and inner city initiatives.
In a classic experiment, pioneer
social psychologist Kurt Lewin found that different group
climates could be created by varying the leadership from autocratic, to laissez faire, to democratic.
My own inclination is to think that the attention given to certain new developments, and their effect on the general theological scene, are largely explicable
in terms of the
social climate, but that the ideas themselves can only be understood by study of their separate histories.
We know that we live as sinners
in social structures and spiritual
climates which corrupt our souls, and which plunge us toward horrible catastrophe.
It is a tale of the brightest and the best hurling themselves and their world headlong toward the abyss of October 1917
in a
social and political
climate suffused with the suspicion that blind fate is
in charge, and blind fate is not kindly disposed toward Russia or the world.
What he has given us
in Christ is a timeless gospel, but it always comes to us
in time and must be transmitted
in time, within the conditions of a particular age and
social climate.
This event may represent only an anomalous electoral outcome, the result of the special
social character and ethical
climate of a single state
in the American West.
The utilitarianism of an individualistic period, which promised men that through faith they might gain the economic virtues and wealth, differs from the pragmatism of our
social climate of opinion,
in which religion is used as a means for gaining
social order and prosperity; but they are both utilitarian and equally remote from the love of God for his own sake and of the individual or
social neighbor
in his relation to God.
The same difference
in response holds true for making contributions to the local church, for participating
in nonworship activities at a church, and for
social attitudes such as upholding the traditional role of women, being dissatisfied with today «s moral
climate and holding traditional and more restrictive sexual values.
Despite any clinical evidence for or against the therapy, the APA denounces such therapy because, «
In the current
social climate, claiming homosexuality is a mental disorder stems from efforts to discredit the growing
social acceptance of homosexuality as a normal variant of human sexuality.
He talked about «
social justice» and saw a «change
in the moral
climate of America.»