In process-based work, quality can be assured through in-process inspection and performance judged on conformity to process specifications, while the quality of collaborative work can typically be assessed only by the results achieved.
What can safely be said is that advertising pressure as a whole has been a socially conservative force, playing on conformity, inclining magazines to work on the principle of "minimum offense," and holding them back from radical editorial departures until they are clearly indicated by changes in public taste.
This kind of conformity motivated Einstein to work even harder on his scientific projects and papers during his free time.
And most strikingly, Thom Browne abandoned his sporty, madcap theatrics at his fall presentation for an ode to work and conformity: 40 men typing away, all in identical gray suits.
Unfortunately, the political conformity which leads to a colored uniform, a flag, a slogan, a muzzle on free speech tends to work on a willingness to conform in nonpolitical areas.
Within the United States, we foolishly think we possess a private liberty that allows us to work and prosper individually, not together or in conformity with a social contract.
It can seem a simple thing as she tries to work Skeeter's unruly curls into bouffant perfection — but conformity and all the pressure it brings become yet another thorny issue underpinning the narrative almost as much as racism.
When, on rare occasions, thésards have had access to working lab equipment at the university or elsewhere, they have brought in tea, drugs or air samples from Dakar's streets to analyse for conformity and contaminants.
One solution is to suppose that conformity biases work in concert with an opposing trend: nonconformity.
The songs - proof of Kelly's conformity when working to the radio format - prove emotionally manipulative with their elaborate strings and gospel arrangements.
