The phrase "affirmative efforts" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to describe positive or proactive actions taken to achieve a goal or address an issue.
Example: "The organization is committed to making affirmative efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace."
Alternatives: "positive actions" or "proactive measures".
However, defendants' persistent affirmative efforts to evade plaintiff's security measures have circumvented any protection those self-help measures might have provided.
1 Today's decision for the first time lays down the blanket rule that the failing company defense is forfeited by a company which cannot show that it made substantial affirmative efforts to sell to a noncompetitor.
This last fact takes on added significance when it is recalled that Anita's parents earlier had undertaken affirmative efforts to reach their daughter when the social worker's inquiry came in from San Francisco.
And the bipartisan SSIA would require schools to undertake affirmative efforts to prevent bullying and harassment in schools, including conduct based on a victim's sexual orientation and gender identity.
Conservatives do face some bias and are wildly underrepresented in the social sciences; enough, perhaps, to warrant new affirmative efforts to increase political pluralism in academia.
Conservatives do face some bias and are wildly underrepresented in the social sciences; enough, perhaps, to warrant new affirmative efforts to increase political pluralism in academia.
"Loyal viewers used to say 'we watch you every night.' These days, an increasing number make a point of saying 'We RECORD you every night.' " That demonstrates "an even more active and affirmative effort on their part," Mr. Williams said.
Minow: I understand that this move away from ProQuest means that Stanford student work will no longer be included in Dissertation Abstracts unless the student makes an affirmative effort to submit to ProQuest.
And § 6.5.1, of course, clearly omits any requirement that Aladdin be held responsible for any lack of affirmative effort on Blackstone's part to get OCC approval, while simultaneously holding Aladdin responsible if Blackstone did not honor a "hell or high water" obligation to clear antitrust approval.
This provided guidance on how we can build upon and maximize our strengths and holdings, where affirmative effort is needed to improve and enhance our resources, and what strategies are necessary to ensure access.
At another point, while testifying before Congress, Baker expressed doubts that Shamir was willing to invest a "good faith, affirmative effort" in the peace process, famously reciting the White House switchboard number and telling Israelis the ball was in their court.
