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social harm..
Our goals are to (1) provide our audience with alternative resources regarding criminalization, inequality, and
social harm as well as (2) encourage more action - oriented relationships with groups or social phenomena of study.
Far too commonly, once these images are created, they create vast
social harm as they are disseminated publicly online and, sometimes, are even sent to strangers over the Internet.
The order authorizes the apprehension, by a guardian or police officer, and the confinement in a protective safe house, of a child whose use of alcohol and / or drugs has or may cause significant psychological or
social harm to the child, or physical harm to the child or others.
Has the Court concluded that the perceived
social harm of polygamy is a «legitimate concern of government,» and the perceived
social harm of homosexuality is not?
Ford claims that the company «is committed to doing our share to prevent or reduce the potential for environmental, economic and
social harm due to climate change.»
Toronto350.org's response: In his courteous response to our fossil fuel divestment campaign, Li Pan argues that the evidence for
social harm from fossil fuels isn't as strong as the case that tobacco harms human health.
Had they succeeded, they would have done irreparable economic and
social harm to Montana.
Since we began in December 2012, we have added to our concerns the economic and
social harm caused by rocketing power prices and unreliable power supplies, the product of heavily subsidised and intermittent wind power: the results that have played out in Australia's wind power capital, South Australia, will cripple that State at an economic and social level for decades to come.
Are we helping our children reach greater heights by pushing higher level academics down or will we be doing long - term educational and
social harm?
The various panels used decision analysis to determine psychological, physical and
social harm to users and to those around them.
Does scientific misconduct often cause real
social harm?
Theresa May's ban on khat was not based on any evidence of medical or
social harm and must be stopped before it becomes law, an influential committee of MPs found today.
The report said there had been no convincing evidence that the consumption of khat is linked to any medical or
social harm, and found that to control it as a Class C drug would be «disproportionate».
In fact, there is http://askdrsears.com/html/10/handout2.asp"rel = «nofollow» > plenty of evidence that excessive crying causes intellectual, emotional and
social harm to the child.
A: I think the challenge here will be for the creators and policy - makers to agree upon who should be held liable in cases where robots cause
social harm, and some common standards to potentially limit liability.
His actions and words spoke of injustice and
social harm and the good we must do to counteract it.
The review highlighted that «in particular, the wine equalisation tax, as a value - based revenue - raising tax, is not well suited to reducing
social harm».
The social harm done by alcohol abuse almost certainly is increased by the imperfections of the current tax regime, and so has been the problem of oversupply in the wine industry.
The problem is that when something is tabooed it causes more
social harm and evil than good — similar to the Prohibition era when the sale of alcohol was dragged underground and caused an outbreak of organised crime.
Mr. Sullivan has no interest whatever in reconstructing a Catholic sexual ethic, or any other kind of ethic that might propose constraints or moral orderings on the satisfaction of sexual desires, apart from a few narrowly defined causes of possible «
social harm.»
It could be in terms of
social harm or psychological harm.
consumer and
social harm without detection and enforcement by regulatory or police authorities.
The link between wealth disparity and
social harm is an «extraordinarily close correlation,» Professor Wilkinson states.
The Home Office's own report from 2011 found there was «a general lack of robust evidence on the link between khat use and
social harms».
The report added that there was «no evidence of a direct causal link» between the drug and either medical or
social harms.
It classifies drugs using a risk assessment matrix, which covers nine types of term divided between physical harm, dependence and
social harms.
In a letter to the Guardian, the scientists wrote that «the ACMD clearly recommended — for the third time in the last six years — that cannabis remains a class C drug, and did so after examining all the available and latest evidence on short - and long - term health risks, as well as
social harms, public attitudes and policing priorities.»
Stephanie Rosenbloom had a story in yesterday's paper on Wal - Mart's plan to cut environmental and
social harms from the operations of the thousands of companies that supply its products.
You can request to recover non-economic damages if you have suffered injuries resulting in emotional, mental, or
social harms.
The assessment considers the following questions: (1) What
social harms are we trying to remedy through the legislation?
Where it occurs, petrol sniffing is also associated with a range of health and
social harms including increased violence, acquired brain injury, property damage, child abuse and neglect, dispossession of Elders and theft.
Not exact matches
Learning about the importance of
social media for marketing should also underscore why these efforts need to be continuous and the
harm it does when
social media marketing isn't up to consumer expectations.
Facebook has been trying to defuse questions about whether it can be trusted with the reams of personal information it collects to sell ads and whether its
social network does more
harm than good.
It was to use
social media for the greater good, not for sharing
harm and hate and bullying and hiding behind our computers.
An article in The Guardian, Stress and
Social Media Fuel Mental Health Crisis Among Girls, went much further to, correlate NHS data showing a «68 % rise in hospital admissions because of self - harm among girls under 17 in past decade» to the concurrent rise of social
Social Media Fuel Mental Health Crisis Among Girls, went much further to, correlate NHS data showing a «68 % rise in hospital admissions because of self -
harm among girls under 17 in past decade» to the concurrent rise of
social social media.
The reality is that entrepreneurs should not pursue a
social cause if doing so
harms the mission and goals of the company, and they should certainly avoid doing so simply because it is fashionable.
To use a concrete example, if you have a million bucks socked away for retirement, drawing down $ 30,000 a year (in addition to any other sources like
Social Security or pensions) is a conservative enough choice that you should be able to sleep at night, confident that even extreme swings in the market won't
harm your ability to keep your portfolio healthy into your nineties.
«Daily fantasy sports companies are engaged in illegal gambling under New York law, causing the same kinds of
social and economic
harms as other forms of illegal gambling, and misleading New York consumers... Daily fantasy sports is neither victimless nor harmless, and it is clear that DraftKings and FanDuel are the leaders of a massive, multi-billion-dollar scheme intended to evade the law and fleece sports fans across the country.
While that is often the point of launching a
social - media campaign, many times an entrepreneur's strategy can backfire — resulting in more
harm than good.
With its ability to influence opinions,
social media does remarkable
harm by playing a role in the rigging of elections and public debate.
Taking appropriate action like this quickly following an error can not only reduce
harm but also win your brand a degree of goodwill, as this case study of an excellent response to a
social media mistake makes clear.
Some experimentation is routine when it comes to figuring out a
social - marketing plan, and the amount of
harm that can come from trial and error is minimal and pretty predictable.
The
social - media platform has made it easier for users to reach out to their connections whose activity on Facebook indicates they are at risk for self -
harm or suicide.
Peter Romer - Friedman, a lead attorney on the case, said companies rely heavily on
social media for job recruitment, so the targeting
harms older job - seekers.
Their first major campaign will be a series of ads aimed at parents and teenagers warning about the alleged psychological
harm inflicted by spending too much time on
social media.
While entrepreneurs launch
social - media campaigns to help spread the word, their strategy can backfire — causing more
harm than good.
Some
social conservatives will downplay any evidence that marijuana causes
harm.
«Much like a car accident, the
harms on
social media are low - probablility events with extremely variable outcomes,» he said.
Fixing our debt will now require reversing the
harm that has already been done with tax cuts and spending increases, in addition to confronting the rising costs of
Social Security and Medicare with spending changes and / or additional revenue.