The overabundance of fast fashion—readily available, inexpensively made clothing—has created an environmental and social justice crisis, claims a new paper from an expert on environmental health at Washington University ...
Environment
Jan 10, 2019
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Social workers think of themselves as empathetic individuals—after all, they went into social work specifically to help people. But empathy isn't a perfect motivator. Terence Fitzgerald, a clinical associate professor at ...
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2018
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638
A new paper by researchers at Penn's School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) and Penn's Annenberg School for Communication offers recommendations to ensure the ethical use of artificial intelligence resources such as ChatGPT ...
Social Sciences
Aug 17, 2023
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At $5 billion, the fine the FTC is about to levy on Facebook is by far the largest it's given to a technology company, easily eclipsing the second largest, $22 million for Google in 2012.
Internet
Jul 12, 2019
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Liberalism and conservatism are associated with qualitatively different psychological concerns, notably those linked to morality, shows a new study.
Political science
Nov 11, 2020
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There are many reasons to employ people living with intellectual disability. Most obvious is that it's the right thing to do—it helps promote social justice, diversity, corporate social responsibility, and equal opportunity.
Social Sciences
May 25, 2022
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In the pioneering days of the juvenile corrections system, social workers often served as the primary probation officers who rehabilitated young offenders. As the field of corrections became dominated by law enforcement officers, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2012
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3
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become such a part of our daily lives that it's hard to avoid—even if we might not recognize it.
Social Sciences
May 23, 2023
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14
Female sex offenders receive lighter sentences for the same crimes than males says a study recently published in Feminist Criminology, a SAGE journal and the official journal of the Division on Women and Crime of the American ...
Social Sciences
May 30, 2012
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3
(AP) -- Two U.S. senators are asking Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether employers asking for Facebook passwords during job interviews are violating federal law, their offices announced Sunday.
Internet
Mar 25, 2012
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