Sentences with phrase «social commitment in»

Instead, his mantra centered on renewing social commitment in an era of welfare state dependency, stagnant public services, and the stain of long - term unemployment.

Firstly, mission is a task of social commitment in which the unjust structures of our modern societies are denounced.

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So many professionals are scared of the risk and time commitment that comes with a social media strategy, but Twitter can pay off in big ways if you use it correctly.

Therefore, success in social media is not dependent on astronomical budgets, but a firm commitment to be different and add value.

While marketing over social media requires an investment in time and a commitment to experimentation, always be sure to add value to the conversation.

The lesson from Cohen and the TED team is not just about commitment to customers or simply the speed at which they responded and contained what could have become a social media disaster (this was, after all, a conference designed, in part, to appeal to working moms).

In these strange times, we need the majority of business leaders to accept a higher level of accountability for reviving the economy, through commitment, innovation and a broader view of success that includes contributing to the island's social and economic advancement.

By booking her workout classes in advance, Dunnahoo - Kirsch is able to combine the commitment she makes with the social pressure from friends she works out with, into a powerful accountability hack for keeping her version of work - life balance in line.

How you can you manage a pile of projects, social - media commitments, your personal life and everything in - between — without freaking out about all the details.

Two factors lie at the heart of Temple's success: an innovative manufacturing approach known as «just - in - time» manufacturing and a commitment to truly social commerce.

Show your commitment to community and social responsibility by giving your employees a couple of hours each month to get out of the office and participate in community service.

After dismissing a variety of possible causes, including a recent surge in immigration, the most likely culprit seems to be Sweden's commitment to social democracy and egalitarianism.

«This is a strong commitment which will eventually be unaffordable,» Bell said, in one of six academic papers raising doubts about Salmond's economic strategy post-independence released on Friday by the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESA).

Schroepfer also confirmed this agreement was signed with Kogan in June 2016, and said the «core commitments» were to confirm the deletion of data from himself and three others Kogan had passed it to: Former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix; Wylie, for a company he had set up after leaving Cambridge Analytica; and Dr Michael Inzlicht from the Toronto Laboratory for Social Neuroscience (Kogan mentioned to the committee earlier this week he had also passed some of the Facebook data to a fellow academic in Canada).

Create projects (and products) that accomplish social transformation, profitability, and cost reduction all at once Green your company in ways that save money and make money Gain enormous positive reputation as a visionary company worth supporting: your own employees recruit new qualified hires while your customers turn into fans, and then even become your unpaid sales force Expand successfully into totally new markets through strategic thinking, powerful partnerships, and commitment to core principles Turn marketing from a cost to a revenue stream Embrace abundance and transformation — and stop worrying about market share

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

He lists 6 principles of social influence that I'd like to cover in a series of posts: authority, social proof, reciprocity, commitment / consistency, scarcity and liking.

The announcement further cements BDC's ongoing commitment to social impact; last week it announced its certification as a B Corporation, making it the first financial institution in Canada to receive this important designation.

SVX issuers, including Investeco and Community Forward Fund (CFF), attracted $ 650,000 through investments and commitments since the launch of SVX (Social Venture Connexion) in September 2013.

Green, ethical companies can slash marketing costs and at the same time boost response — by forming alliances with organizations that reach their target audience, by turning customers and even competitors into brand ambassadors, and by harnessing the power of their commitment to gain coverage in both traditional and social media

This is consistent with national survey reports from the General Social Survey where employee owners report that they have greater job security and lower likelihoods of being laid off in the previous year compared to other employees.29 When faced with recessionary pressures, employee ownership firms may retain workers to sustain a workplace culture based on cooperation, information - sharing, and commitment to long - term performance.

The major challenge for the federal government in the budget expected this month is to maintain its commitment to progressive social and economic policies in the context of a major shift to the political right in the United States.

«Our Corporate Social Responsibility Report exemplifies our commitment to value our associates and to care for the communities in which we live and do business» said Stephen P. Weisz, president and chief executive officer of Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation.

Read more about the new sustainability commitments in the Environmental, Social and Governance Update

Moreover, the fact that there has been in the U.S. such a tenuous commitment to social provision to the indigent, independent of race, reinforces the ideological trap.

The hope one might have once placed in comparative advantage global capitalism and the internet / cell - phone wiring of all, began to look increasingly hollow, as Walmarts filled with cheap Chinese goods, real jobs went missing, real skills became rare, and the internet became known not so much for an Army of Davids shoring up our common commitment to liberty, but for mobbish comment swarms, porn, The Social Network, diversion all - the - more addictive for being personally tailored (see: the fictional fat - slobs of Wall - E, or the perpetually downward phone - gaze of our «dumb» millennials), and unprecedented possibilities for spying, defamation, and demagogic manipulation for those with access to big data.

What defines the left, says Rorty, is commitment to social justice, and social justice is defined, in turn, by the socialized redistribution of wealth.

Baha'is believe that there is one God, and that when people corrupt the religion God has given them, or are in need of further guidance or new social teachings as the time requires, a new prophet comes to renew their commitment to Him.

The meal they prepare every Sunday for the neighborhood is not an expression of their social or ethical commitments in distinction from their liturgical life; the meal they prepare and the Eucharist they celebrate are parts of a single story.

(Other issues were also at stake, especially a shift in eschatology in which premillennialism tended to erode the commitment to social reform and probably various sorts of social class sortings out, but the themes sketched above better represent the fundamentalist self - consciousness.)

But the meaning it had for Equiano was a bit different from that assigned to it by our young contemporaries, responsive to calls for «social justice,» and from long - established commitments in the black church.

Unfortunately, Ash Wednesday fell on a day when I woke up unsure that God even exists, in a week when I felt betrayed by a group of Christians, and in a month full of writing deadlines and social commitments.

Both of the major camps of social conservative reaction to the challenges of the last few years are right in part: We have always had to struggle against the inclination of our liberal society to furiously pound itself into what Edmund Burke called «the dust and powder of individuality,» and to resist its elevation of choice above commitment.

In fact, the classical religions tend to project a type of spirituality that is devoid of a commitment to social justice.

There have been more obviously religious eras, as in the medieval «age of faith» or the periods of the great revivals under Jonathan Edwards or Dwight L. Moody; it is doubtful that there has ever been a period of such general high Christian intelligence or deep commitment to Christian social ethics as in our own time.

Sullivan's commitment to using psychological and psychiatric understanding to help resolve social problems is one of his significant contributions to a growth - oriented «persons - in - relationships - in - society» approach.

This has been particularly the case as Protestant adherence to divisive confessional commitments has declined and Evangelicals, filling the void left by the decline of mainline Protestantism, have found common ground with Catholics on moral and social issues in the aftermath of Roe v. Wade.

As he pointed out early in his pontificate during a trip to Bavaria: Evangelisation must precede all social commitment.

It is a new kind of Erastianism: the church being slowly but surely co-opted as a means of social control, subordinated to the whims of the political lobbyists as they press their commitments to creating a society of Psychological Men, Women, and all points in between through the law courts.

But the term «relative» must be used here not only because the Mother Church has for years contributed substantial sums to relief efforts in wartime and emergency situations, such as the recent earthquake in Mexico, but because it continues to publish the Christian Science Monitor, in itself a far from negligible social commitment.

Even less helpful are academic ploys such as the one that all religious texts simply legitimate certain prior social or political commitments and there is no God in the loop at all.

When done well which it is most of the time — it links religious and political commitments in a way that enhances democracy, social justice and American religious life.

Such a commitment places Volf at odds with two formidable rivals in the contemporary world: (a) those ecclesial traditions (Roman Catholic and Orthodox) that insist that the «constitutive presence of Christ is given only with the presence of the bishop standing in communjo with all bishops in time and space» and (b) those postmodern cultural and social standards that are grounded in individualistic and consumer - driven life styles and that simultaneously relegate all religious experience to the nether regions of the privatized soul.

In an editorial introducing an issue on the Scriptures, editor John Alexander struggles with the apparent inverse correlation between commitment to «inerrancy» and commitment to social justice.

Whatever legal and public policy solutions are reached in the coming years, Christians need to find a social, political and religious way to secure the well - being of women and children, involve fathers in the lives of their children, and support gays and lesbians who want to establish committed relationships and receive the benefits and blessings that go with this commitment.

At Vanderbilt the constituencies were reassured that the university was persisting in its primal Christian commitment because of high standards in academics, or a liberal or broad or thorough curriculum, or freedom from dogmatism, or the cultivation of moral character, or social conscience regarding racial integration or the relief of poverty, or decorum and discipline in fraternities and at football games.

The religious calendar is a tool for spiritual training and also for social change, for the obedience and commitment we learn result in a qualitatively different way of assessing the world.

As evangelicals dialogue among themselves, they will discover that there is presently lacking in sections of their community a commitment to ground social ethics in a Biblically based understanding of «social justice.»

Theo Chocolate Theo Chocolate's commitment and passion for social and environmental responsibility has led them to partner with multiple non-profit organizations in order to make our world a better place.

A striking example of Hindu social commitment is the Kashi ashram in Florida, founded by Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati.