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The list of financial institutions that have engaged in such hiring practices reads like a who’s who of investment banking.
The political and social environments in which the two practices occur are completely different.
It is wrong, and even immoral, to equate democratic and dictatorial practices.
Many also permit customers to compare quality ratings, safety data (drawn, for example, from official injury reports), information about the provenance of food, and producers’ environmental and labor practices.
By sharing the treatment data of a large patient population, for example, care providers can better identify practices that could save $180 billion annually.
For them, newcomers, living in an environment hostile to their way of life, need to preserve the cultural practices they bring with them, even if some of those practices – for example, arranged marriages, gender segregation, religious indoctrination – conflict with liberal principles.
Myriad human interactions produce institutions, norms, organizations, and practices that perpetuate a sexual hierarchy of wellbeing.
In 2005, Senators Charles Schumer, a liberal Democrat from New York, and Lindsey Graham, a conservative Republican from South Carolina, formed an unlikely alliance to defend beleaguered middle-class US workers from supposedly unfair competitive practices.
China remains in the crosshairs of US politicians who believe that American workers are the victims of its unfair trading practices.
None of this is to argue that the US should ignore unfair trading practices.
But, beyond formal treaties, normative constraints on states also include codes of conduct, conventional state practices, and widely shared expectations of proper behavior among a group (which create a common law).
Governments need to adopt legislation that sets 18 as the minimum age for marriage – leaving no room for exceptions such as traditional practices or parental consent.
So women accept unhealthy jobs, long hours, or work-shifts that are hard to adjust to family needs, along with new forms of exploitation and sexual harassment Even when these and other practices are illegal, women do not protest, fearing for their jobs.
Incentives that reinforce practices that preserve biodiversity must be applied at all levels if they are to influence individual actions and social norms.
For example, damage to ecosystems and biodiversity caused by current practices in the food and agriculture sector alone could cost the equivalent of 18% of global economic output by 2050, up from around 3% in 2008.
And perhaps the Brexit vote will reveal a larger demand for reforming current practices, such as fully free movement of labor and all that it entails.
In the United States, this is generally a state-level decision, though the federal National Transportation Safety Board has a very good reputation for its investigations and often changes how we think about best practices.
Facebook faces understandable political pressure to change its practices, but what it really needs is new competitors that prove they can be profitable while putting privacy first.
To be sure, China’s predatory economic practices must be challenged.
The indicators do not penalize a country that cheaply and expeditiously authorizes shoddy construction projects, dangerous imports, or abusive labor practices.
In doing so, he bestowed legitimacy on a terrorist organization that enforces medieval practices in the areas under its control.
“I will even venture to affirm that if he has and invariably practices them all, they are hurtful, while the appearance of having them is useful.”
Just this month, US Vice President Mike Pence accused China of predatory economic practices, military aggression against the United States, and attempts to undermine US President Donald Trump.
But, around the world, political influence and anti-competitive practices (often sustained through politics) have been central to the increase in economic inequality.
“Last resort” antibiotics should never be used as growth promoters in livestock farming, but achieving this will require significant changes to current practices.
It is actually the standard-bearer of good practices concerning the validation of analyses and the discussion of policy proposals.
Europe Should Dump Anti-DumpingStockholm – Defending Europe’s economy against unfair international trade practices has long been a key element of the European Union’s external policies.
But what are Europeans defending against, and what are “unfair” trade practices anyway?
But, even if the measures worked as supposed, the majority of trade defense measures are probably not directed against anti-competitive business practices.
That is why domestic competition policies typically require evidence of anti-competitive practices or the likelihood of successful predation.
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