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«The service was developed in response to changing demographic, health and social issues which have resulted in an ageing Australian population and increasingly complex family structures,» Ms Brook said.

If they are left alone, it creates major social issues which affect the rest of society.

Though the networks sought to make all religious programming emphasize broad religious truths rather than individual tenets of denominations and to avoid dealing with controversial economic and social issues which were of religious significance, many programs produced by the churches in relation with the networks were critical or prophetic in nature.

Not exact matches

The study, which was published in the September issue of Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, also indicated that one's perception of available time led powerful people to be, in general, less stressed.

Our position is the FTC guides applied to all forms of marketing before, we just didn't have any examples involving social media or the internet even because they were issued in 1980, which predated the internet considerably.

Aside from simply shooting pics, I was trying to upload them to social networks as well, which is where the other issue came in.

To drive engagement, the company enlisted Likeable to launch a #purebarrelife campaign, a contest which asked clients to share personal stories about integrating Pure Barre into their daily lives through text, photos and videos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest for a chance to win prizes.The company enlisted the agency's help because Likeable has the expertise to navigate the challenges involved in running a national social - media contest, such as time demands, possible legal issues, and the unique rules and guidelines of each individual platform.

Mayer Brown, a global legal services organization, recently published The Social Media Revolution: A Legal Handbook, which provides legal guidance to help navigate these new technologies and is excerpted below: «Because of the popularity of social media's proliferation, the law is struggling to keep pace with the legal issues this technology presents,» the handbook's introduction sSocial Media Revolution: A Legal Handbook, which provides legal guidance to help navigate these new technologies and is excerpted below: «Because of the popularity of social media's proliferation, the law is struggling to keep pace with the legal issues this technology presents,» the handbook's introduction ssocial media's proliferation, the law is struggling to keep pace with the legal issues this technology presents,» the handbook's introduction states.

«Every mayor here talks as if they are the tourism secretary... and doesn't plan for residents so that they can live with a little dignity,» said Celina Izquierdo, of the Social and Gender Violence Observatory, which monitors security issues.

Specifically, it is «the relationships that make organizations work effectively,» according to» How to Invest in Social Capital,» an article (copies of which are sold online for $ 6 each) in the June 2001 issue of Harvard Business Review that intrigued Posse member Genevieve Foskett.

The social rights issue is a new turn for Jana, which is known for pushing companies it invests in to make financial changes.

Some of the demonstrations, which are also celebrated under the International Workers» Day banner, reflected cultural traditions, and many others were a rallying cry for equal rights, equal pay, and a renewed focus on social, environmental and civil - rights issues.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings told CNBC last month at the United States Conference of Mayors that the broader Texas «red state» reputation is an issue, especially given the tech industry's focus on social tolerance, but he stressed that Dallas is «a blue city in a red state,» which has scored 100 on the LGBT Index for the past three years.

Notably, these clauses have become even more desirable for employers since the advent of social media and platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, which which have given employees the power to publish their thoughts on a range of issues — not to mention sharing often intimate details of their personal lives in photos or videos.

In early February, the firm received a response from Vanguard, which Tim Smith, senior vice president at Walden Asset Management, told me included a discussion of Vanguard's efforts to talk with companies about social and environmental issues, but stopped short of saying that Vanguard would actually change its proxy voting practices.

On May 29, Paint Dat Face issued a questionable apology via a public Instagram post, which said: «I deleted the post, not because I had regret or saw wrongdoing, but because of the negativity social media turned it into.»

When it comes to disciplining or firing an employee based on social media, the key issues are whether comments on Twitter, Facebook et al are protected under the 1935 National Labor Relations Act, which lets employees discuss working conditions.

And while Rawlings acknowledged the broader Texas «red state» reputation is an issue, especially given the tech industry's focus on social tolerance, he stressed that Dallas is «a blue city in a red state,» which has scored 100 on the LGBT Index for the past three years.

Cook also posts about women's rights, LGBT rights and a range of other social issues, which helps to convey Apple as a brand where inclusivity is celebrated.

But his standing also reflects Novo Nordisk's deep engagement with social and environmental issues, which now factor in to our calculations.

PwC has launched an internal social network to interact with travelers, which has been a game changer in answering questions as issues occur and getting candid feedback about the travel program.

Profits from Solms - Delta estate, which produces 30,000 cases of wine annually under labels such as Cape Jazz and Africana, allow the workers and tenants to pay for health care, school fees, and a social worker to tackle issues of alcoholism and domestic violence.

On April 2, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission («SEC») issued a report in which it provided guidance to issuers regarding the use of social media to disclose material non − public information.

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.

But the bigger issue Vaidhyanathan suggests is one that's much harder to fix: the disconnect between what Facebook users expect the social network to be and how Facebook sees itself — which is really the core of the issue.

This is what Canada should aim to achieve: a state in which technology is utilized to its full potential in solving social issues, without compromising the privacy and security of the system's end users.

«The social sector has faced several issues around de-risking from banks which has caused several NGOs to look for alternative mechanism to ensure that their work is not associated with money laundering or terrorism financing.

«The Church is as keen as ever to encourage wide debate and discussion on the issues which matter - social justice, poverty, education, peace.»

I'm sticking with my analysis — which is basically Obama combined conservatism in the precise sense when it came to defense of entitlements with progressive libertarianism on the so - called social issues.

Social issues will inevitably come up, especially in the judicial arena, which is much more amenable to those who, like Jacoby, are impatient for what they regard as progress.

Sye notes that a bill called the «No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,» which would place new restrictions on the healthcare law President Obama signed last year, was the third House resolution introduced this year, which he calls a testament to new GOP fervor on social issues.

The Republicans have positioned themselves so that religious people vote for them on social issues, while they pursue an economic agenda that disadvantages me, and probably you, and leads to a nation in which prosperity is reserved for the very few.

Funny, I don't recall Jesus «changing and reacting» to any of the social issues in his day, which were many.

(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.)

I know people who for personal reasons are for or against certain religious / social / political issues who migrated to religious groups which identify as Christian (and agree with these peoples» personal opinions) so they presumably might have an ultimate authority to support their opinions.

We observe the influencing factors from history and today, educate ourselves on current knowledge about health and various other issues to help form our opinions, which then may become part of collective, social opinion if we allow ourselves to be represented.

Romney has several well publisized religious conflicts and social issues in which the Morman church pours million into lobbying and political issues.

The basic issue is indeed how to unify a clutch of courses into a course of study that honors and is adequate to genuine pluralism of construals of the Christian thing and to profound pluralism of the social situations in which the Christian thing is practiced.

In the Conference on Church and Society (Geneva, 1966), considered «the first genuinely «world» conference on social issues» because of equal representation by all the continents, there were strong demands for the churches to take a more active role in «promoting a world - wide revolutionary opposition to the capitalist political and economic system being imposed on the new nations by the Western industrial countries which was leading to new types of colonialism and oppression» (Albrecht, DEM 1991: 936).

It is projecting an Urbana - style convention on evangelical social witness, annual conferences for pastors to explore avenues for the involvement of congregations in community justice issues, and the formation of vocational task forces among evangelicals in politics, business and other callings, through which the shape of American political and business life might be altered to promote Christian values.

On the one hand, there was a constructive and open form of Thomism, which began as a way to discuss political and social issues.

Given the latest medical data concerning the distinct characteristics of the fetus and its ability to survive outside the womb at a startlingly early age, it is little wonder that in the past few years several of the denominations that once took a more open position on abortion have retreated somewhat: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is now studying the issue; in a 1980 statement on social principles, the UMC moved to a more qualified position; the Episcopal Church and the recently formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seem to be in the process of toning down their earlier positions (or those of a predecessor body) The Lutherans defeated a resolution in their 1989 Assembly which would have been consistent with the liberal position of the LCA predecessor body, and a 1988 Lutheran - Episcopal dialogue report refers to the fetus as «embryonic humanity» with claims on society.

Thus the particular historical exigencies and social possibilities in our own age will necessarily affect the ways in which these values are translated into norms on such issues as women's rights, sexual ethics, social justice, property rights, energy policy or ecological concerns.

As for the «narrow public witness» against which John Murdock rightly cautions, I really don't think «prioritizing» equals «ignoring,» such that to prioritize the defense of religious freedom and the right to life excludes other issues from the Church's social witness and public policy advocacy.

In the same manner that the Church can not realistically expect the world to accept our teaching on moral and social issues without recognition of our perspective, the world and «lazy Catholics» must eventually realize that there are foundational truths which are immutable to the faith.

Second, they can join the evangelicalism stampede, providing heart - warming and entertaining experiences, which will provide very little connection to serious thinkers today, and gives scant attention, except for a few voices like Sojourners, to the truly catastrophic issues in the Social and the Cultural areas described above.

Nor can the questions which arise from their wager be reduced to social issues.

The result is that America is a nation deeply divided between people who are concerned about real - life issues — war and peace, social justice, the health and welfare of people — on one hand, and other people who are concerned, instead, about «values,» by which they mean adherence to ancient taboos, dependence on a magical God, enforcing acceptance of ancient creeds, requiring everyone to believe as they do, and finding safety in raw (though often hidden) social and economic power.

Bargaining and barter were and are known in all the cultures that have developed moral and religious traditions, most of which have well - known maxims and principles that deal with the vast spectrum of social and moral issues, from fair weight to marriage contracts, bred in the marketplace.

An interview with social ethicist Joseph Flecher which delves into the ethical issues of the «triage / lifeboat» approach to world hunger relief.