Sentences with phrase «social standards at»

At Friends of the Earth, we work to strengthen and raise environmental and social standards at international financial institutions.

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Among the findings: Results from the federally - funded General Social Survey, considered the gold standard on social behavior and one of the few surveys that collects data about sexual orientation and workplace discrimination, show that 42 percent of LGB respondents had experienced employment discrimination at some point in their Social Survey, considered the gold standard on social behavior and one of the few surveys that collects data about sexual orientation and workplace discrimination, show that 42 percent of LGB respondents had experienced employment discrimination at some point in their social behavior and one of the few surveys that collects data about sexual orientation and workplace discrimination, show that 42 percent of LGB respondents had experienced employment discrimination at some point in their lives.

You'll also need to apply your brand standards to multiple social profiles at once, simultaneously following best practices for each app.

Fortunately, the type of annuity you're asking about — an immediate annuity — is (by annuity standards at least) the easiest to understand and, to my mind the type with the greatest potential for helping people who want more guaranteed lifetime income than Social Security alone will provide.

Carroll became a partner at Social Capital in 2015 and settled into the standard investor's life: visiting founders, sitting on a handful of boards, leading three investments.

Government needs a more practical, less academic social policy aimed at the deficiencies of public authority» law enforcement, school standards, and work requirements» that the research itself suggests are central to poverty today.

Despite all influences to the contrary, it lifted a standard of judgment in the light of which the Christian conscience at its best could not be content with social evil.

This was followed by five subsequent phases of development in a regular pattern of succession: (1) the organization of home and foreign mission societies to channel new leadership into church planting or into the field; (2) the production and distribution of Christian literature; (3) the renewal and extension of Christian educational institutions; (4) attempts at «the reformation of manners» — i.e., the reassertion of Christian moral standards in a decadent society; and (5) the great humanitarian crusades against social evils like slavery, war and intemperance.

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.

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 gameAt 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 gameat football games.

These principles also indicate the standards to be used in sex education — the basic ideals to be inculcated by explicit instruction in homes and at appropriate levels in schools, and even more essentially by the complex of accepted acts built into social and cultural patterns.

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Where questions of social justice are concerned, the nation might appear at the same time far behind and very advanced depending upon quite arbitrary standards of classification.

Each of the 101 standards is measurable, auditable, and addresses at least one sustainability aspect (environmental health, social equity, economic viability).

The Cradle to Cradle Certified ™ Product Standard guides designers and manufacturers through a continual improvement process that looks at a product through five quality categories — material health, material reutilisation, renewable energy and carbon management, social fairness, and water stewardship.

The web site specifically says, «Every bean we grind at McDonald's Australia is made using 100 % Arabica coffee beans sourced only from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms in Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica that meet strict environment and social standards.»

During his talk, Simon will look at how Innocent ensures its supply chain meets not only environmental and social minimum standards, but how it is constantly striving to reduce waste and the amount of energy and water it uses.

The RSPO is the first and only industry wide certification standard for the palm oil industry, at its heart are eight principles and criteria covering social and environmental issues.

Be it at a wet or dry mill, SUCAFINA has a firm commitment to utilizing modern equipment and best practices to ensure consistent quality and compliance with environmental and social standards.

And, we're raising economic, social and environmental standards at the farm level and across the supply chain.

«Often I'm asked what my definition of autism is and, of course, there is the standard definition: children who have problems with communicating, repetitive motion, abnormal toy play, social skills, are delayed,» says Dr. Kartzinel, «But really what I look at in a child is how many responses to stimuli the child responds to abnormally.»

Social - emotional development is equally important, if not more so, to meeting academic standards at an early age, she says.

With recalls, updates on standards and information being thrown at us left and right on social media, it is time to think about car seats safety.

The onset of a long period in opposition for social democratic standard - bearers such as Labour in Britain and the SPD in Germany, coupled with continuing slow growth, high unemployment and falling unionisation, led the parties of the Socialist International into a comprehensive accommodation with neo-liberalism — albeit one wrapped in soothing social market rhetoric and homeopathic concessions at the margins.

Also, as the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Lagos State University, LASU and member of Executive of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Momoh was prominent for his doggedness in maintaining high level integrity and professionalism, and selfless defence of staff and students» welfares, as well as strictly adherence to ethical standard on addressing issues that affected staff and students.

The proposed EIF would provide a «gold standard» for programmes like the family nurse partnership, which provides young mothers with intensive parenting training, and the social and emotional aspects of learning (Seal) programme at primary schools.

It was at this period Ghanaians saw so many social intervention programs which improved their living standards among them are the NHIS, School Feeding program, Capitation and many more.

These include new measures to regulate the market in order to relieve some of the pressure which drives production at the expense of the environment, social welfare and ethical standards.

At 12:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on Social Services will meet to discuss a number of amendments to social services law - including an act in relation to additional options for local social services districts to implement effective welfare - to - work programs and an act in relation to directing the office of children and family services to establish workload standards for child protective services wSocial Services will meet to discuss a number of amendments to social services law - including an act in relation to additional options for local social services districts to implement effective welfare - to - work programs and an act in relation to directing the office of children and family services to establish workload standards for child protective services wsocial services law - including an act in relation to additional options for local social services districts to implement effective welfare - to - work programs and an act in relation to directing the office of children and family services to establish workload standards for child protective services wsocial services districts to implement effective welfare - to - work programs and an act in relation to directing the office of children and family services to establish workload standards for child protective services worker.

The knowledge system in schools is ultimately a normative standard that can only be understood in a social and historical context,» explains Lucien Criblez, the overall manager of the SNSF project and since 2008 Professor of Education at the University of Zurich with a focus on historical education research and analysis of education policies.

Before and after the training course, participants underwent the Trier Social Stress Test, a standard experimental technique for inducing a stress response, in which the participants are asked at short notice to give a speech before an audience, and are given other anxiety - inducing instructions.

«While I don't think there is too much of an issue with consuming small, safe amounts of one to two standard drinks of alcohol on social occasions, it's important not to look at Christmas and New Year's as an excuse to drink to excess.

She may be a full - time student at the University of Maryland and a model in her spare time, but she's also known for being a candid force on social media who often challenges society's beauty standards.

GKiss boasts of a very standard layout and provides a complete array of features and options that will help its members in getting to know each other better and forming social circles at the same time.

• Play Ping Pong - Engage in a little friendly competition at Drive, the tennis table social club boasting five Olympic standard tables, a full bar, and fierce hot dogs - the Bacon Jack Dog might change your life!

By today's standards, that's a date movie, though Smith isn't quite to deft observer of young adult social life that Judd Apatow and friends are at their best, and he tends to find that long strings of scatological utterances are funny by virtue of being scatological.

But there is room for improvement on its standards, which have not been rated by the American Federation of Teachers as clear, specific, and grounded in content for English above the elementary level or for social studies at any grade span.

In standards and accountability, the American Federation of Teachers has rated Colorado's standards clear, specific, and grounded in content, except for social studies at the elementary and high school levels.

The standards in social studies / history are not clear and specific at the elementary, middle, or high school level.

In social studies / history, standards - based exams are offered at the elementary and middle school levels only.

Social - emotional development would not come at the expense of meeting standards / preparing students for the next grade.

The state has clear and specific standards in social studies / history at the middle school level only.

When the middle class youth leaves the bars / clubs they enter paying a fortune by their own standards, saying the «slum dwellers are here»; when they are turned away from malls they go to for shopping on the grounds that they are deemed «dangerous»; when they are subject to ostracizing behavior at stores they do manage to enter they are repeatedly reminded that it is nearly impossible to attain the desired social status and trying to be like the middle class and not being able to do so generates considerable rage.

But it lacks clear and specific standards at the elementary school level for English and at the middle school level for social studies / history.

South Dakota is one of 12 states offering standards - based tests in every core subject — English, math, science, and social studies — at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

Standards and Accountability: Tennessee has clear and specific standards in English, science, and social studies / history at the elementary and middle school levels, and in mathematics in all grade spans.

The state has clear and specific standards in English at the elementary and middle school levels and in social studies / history at the middle and high school levels.

Standards and Accountability: Colorado has clear and specific standards for English, mathematics, and science in all grade spans, but it has such standards only at the middle school level for social studies / history.

Social studies / history standards are clear and specific at the middle and high school levels only.

She has, at least temporarily, regained the spotlight by appealing to a new audience indifferent to the standards of quality social science.