Professor Sisodia's research, which I've cited before, suggests that "conscious companies"— characterized in part by an explicit commitment to a higher purpose – outperformed the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index from 1996 to 2011 by an astonishing 10.5 to 1.
From that trajectory the British blog Open Democracy took a radical step when it began 50 50, a series of journalistic projects that bring in the voices of women with an explicit commitment to becoming a "current affairs forum which is written, read and used equally by women and men".
"For some time, I have been seeking greater specificity on this issue, and today the Trump campaign provided that, releasing a very strong list of potential Supreme Court nominees — including Sen. Mike Lee, who would make an extraordinary justice — and making an explicit commitment to nominate only from that list," Cruz wrote on Facebook Friday afternoon in an endorsement of Trump.
This is why he called on governments last week to make an explicit commitment to provide such a "backstop".
In a speech in Tokyo on Thursday, Mr. Abe said he would call for the Bank of Japan to set an inflation target of 2 to 3 percent, far above its current goal of about 1 percent, with an explicit commitment to "unlimited monetary easing" — an open-endedness that has caused jitters among some economists.
It was the first time that the president had made an explicit commitment to involvement in Afghanistan beyond an ousting of the Taliban.
Last December, the Fed made an explicit commitment to keeping the federal funds rate — a key interest rate — at close to zero until the unemployment rate falls to 6.5 per cent.
He asked: "If it is not a threat then why doesn't David Cameron just make an explicit commitment to use his veto in Europe to get the NHS out TTIP?" He drew comparisons with steps taken by the French government to exempt their film industry from the agreement.
A 51% No vote will only deliver stability for businesses if the Scottish National Party SNPP), who will still be in power in Holyrood until 2016, make an explicit commitment to respect the result and cease promoting separation for a decent period, perhaps 20 years or more.
Women sought ways to demonstrate an explicit commitment to education and professionalisation via regular contraceptive use alongside a more implicit commitment to setting the groundwork for a strong family life via the testing of fertility through interrupted contraceptive use.
