Word: shirking
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...have passed resolutions before and there really has been no response," Galluccio said. "[University administrators] can no longer shirk from their responsibility of offering fair and reasonable wages...
...bigotry. Every student who sees bigotry and injustice has an obligation to fight against it. When we hear a gay joke--or a black joke, a Jewish joke or a joke about people in wheelchairs--we have an obligation to address that comment and express out outrage. When we shirk that responsibility, we support an environment in which bigotry is deemed socially acceptable. We make nights like Club Night at the Pudding possible...
...address only one particular firm. The reason behind the reversal seems to be little more than common sense. OSHA head Charles Jeffress, who, at the President's urging, presented the report to Congress this week, told congressmen that while it initially seemed to make sense that employers not shirk their responsibilities to provide safe work environments, it's impractical for the federal government to begin policing private homes...
When corporations can shirk their responsibilities, and can cut and run to the cheapest workforce, nations become desperate to retain the jobs they can, whatever the social cost. For these workers, "free trade" is anything but that. They are denied their freedoms--freedoms of speech and of association--and denied their basic human rights by the same trade that enriches the people behind...
...things to be accomplished, we need to have committed students and professors who come to the table ready to explore problems and try to solve them," Shirk said...