professions

If one says that a sharp line of distinction is to be drawn between what we call professions and what we call business, he does not know history.

Christianity and Progress Harry Emerson Fosdick

According to a 2009 Gallup Poll on honesty and ethics in professions, only 9% of Americans view members of Congress as very high or high in their ethical standards.

Spending Restraint Is Key to Outgrowing the Deficit 2010

Some people work for years on the same project, or they do healing work (like massage or psychotherapy) that often has no real end to it, or they work in professions with no real feedback at all.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch » 2009 » May 2009

Not because they were necessarily better teachers but because they were valuable enough to overcome society's bias towards women in professions other than teaching.

Teacher Pay and Quality, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Another apologist for child sex abuse who has received acceptance, affirmation, and recognition from the mental health professions is Dr. Theo Sandfort, who is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Sociomedical

Science 2009

As freelancers, a lot of us work in professions that are “too hard to succeed in,” or “impossible to make a living at.”

Kristine Kathryn Rusch » 2010 » February » 04 2010

Does this mean when we find minorities over-represented in professions we can reduce their numbers in order to reflect the ethnic proportions?

Why front-line police officers are glad about Dizaei « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

There are certain professions that are being turned over to women.

The End Of The Macho Man? 2010

On another thread recently, someone chaffed me about how important state licensing of the professions is to the public welfare.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Wouldn’t It Be So Impressive To Be a “Michigan Registered Reporter”? 2010

And when he is done with that, he will require all actors and musicians to turn over excess earnings to the government, because it wouldnt 'be ethical for them to earn such a high wage in professions that are subsidized by the government in the form of special permits issued to allow movies to be shot on public streats, or for music that is played over the public airwaves that benefit the artist.

Obama: Figures show recession slowing, despite job report 2009