'Socially responsible' investing on the rise
Korea Herald
Investing in funds or firms with sustainable business practices, a strategy known as socially responsible investing, or SRI, has been on the rise all over the world. Korea is no exception. Back in 2008, the world SRI market value was estima...
Kopicová: Results of school support for Roma will be visible in years ...
Romano Vodi
Kopicová said the ministry is preparing its National Action Plan for Inclusive Education, which will establish a system of measures to ensure socially disadvantaged children access education and will be introduced in January. She also inten...
The flooding disaster exposes our fragile economic future
The Guardian
Instead, they are throwing good money after bad, into social services that leave many people feeling they have not been socially served. Oh, and banks. Sure, banks are necessary infrastructure, just as bridges are. But the money that has be...
Shifting blame is socially contagious
EurekAlert
Merely observing someone publicly blame an individual in an organization for a problem – even when the target is innocent – greatly increases the odds that the practice of blaming others will spread with the tenacity of the H1N1 flu, accord...
6 socially savvy brands
iMedia Connection
In my previous iMedia article, " 6 social media platforms at a glance ," I outlined key components and benefits of popular social media platforms. In this article, I'm going to build on that foundation and provide examples of six brands tha...
Socially conservative Florida U.S. Senate candidate’s campaign gains ...
EDGE Boston
Pundits may have originally viewed former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio’s U.S. Senate campaign against Gov. Charlie Crist as a long-shot, but a growing list of endorsements from the Family Research Council and other far-right organizati...
TheSpec.com - Entertainment - 'Shop till you drop' is tragic, not ...
Hamilton Spectator
But unlike other addictive behaviours, compulsive shopping, or having a shopping "problem," is somewhat socially acceptable -- if not downright comical. Hollywood movies such as this year's romantic comedy Confessions of a Shopaholic, the n...
77 schools in county win honors from state
Lancaster online.com
... continues throughout the school year as teachers, guidance counselors, psychologists, school nurses and administrators meet weekly to discuss how individual students are doing, both socially and academically. "We make a decision about h...
Lady Gaga Speaks Out Against Homophobia in Hip Hop
Newsblaze.com
Read More With very few exceptions rap records have no socially redeeming values, hip hop lyrics glorify materialism, gangsterism, homophobia and misogyny. White critics overlook the many flaws of the rap genre because the cowards are afrai...
Book: Social interaction keeps seniors happy
Delaware County Daily Times
... the brain to release “feel good” chemicals such as norepinephrine, which leads to contentment, it’s been found that happiness increases with age among seniors who remain socially involved. These and other nuggets of enlightening and use...
Cost of problem children explodes
Copenhagen Post
A Politiken newspaper survey of all the country’s city councils has shown that two out of three have been unable to control their costs relating to assisting socially disadvantaged children. Allotted expenses for the area were exceeded by h...
Blog: Turkeys of the Year, Part 2
Sherdog.com
For the purposes of the point, I’ll admit to watching professional wrestling as a youth. (A small, socially awkward youth, with suspected psychological afflictions. Nothing’s changed.) If you were Hulk Hogan or Bret Hart, the last guy you w...
Managing H1N1 anxiety
St. John's Telegram
Stressed-out workers are irritable, forgetful, sleepy and socially withdrawn, she said. In this province, five deaths of people of workforce age are confirmed to have been caused by swine flu. Though initial projections suggested the fatali...
