Outraged by small errors of taste and tone, they may have no values to speak of, apart from pop-culture connoisseurship, but they are never at a loss for disgust.
8) We affirm our intention to hold on to our beliefs and values, to speak out for what is right and against what is wrong based on our principles, whether that be on matters such as the securitisation of society, corporate hegemony, war and peace, economic exploitation, social and moral issues in society, nationalism and racism.
None of the financial institutions made it possible for lower-level employees who had doubts about loan practices or their firms' values to speak up honestly.
Five hours (and an incredible twenty-six posts) later, he lets readers add value (so to speak) to the discussion.
I mean, in terms of using up time, of entertainment value, so to speak, of whatever catches his attention.
It's time for gays and lesbians who value liberalism to speak out in defiance of the authoritarians who falsely claim to be the sole voice of their community.
Mary C. Gentile, a consultant, senior research scholar at Babson College and author of the new book Giving Voice to Values: How to Speak Your Mind When You Know What's Right, has spent a lot of time thinking about how workers should navigate such sticky situations.
We value the right to speak our minds.
And yet the art of debate involves mastering skills of obvious intrinsic value: the confidence to speak in public, and make sense; the construction of a logical argument; the ability to read an audience's reactions; and, perhaps most importantly, the willingness to hear others' arguments, and to respond to them.
I don't hate Andrew for that; I value his willingness to speak truth to power.
