The culture of a workplace - an organization's values, norms and practices - has a huge impact on our happiness and success.
Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical. Reading it uncritically, without understanding the cultural and historical setting of the text, leaves us forced to accept scientific and sociological norms of the ancient Near East from 3,000 years ago.
To conquer nature is, in effect, to remove all natural barriers and human norms and to substitute artificial, fabricated equivalents for natural processes.
A democratic medical establishment does not alter people's bodies to fit regressive social norms; it advocates for patients by demanding the social body get its act together.
Not many directors have the courage to make movies that are against conventional, commercial norms.
More than any other candidate, Mr. Trump embodies the evolving norms of communication that are being enabled and encouraged by technology and the matrix of connectivity that defines modern life: authenticity over authority, surprise over consistency, celebrity over experience.
Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behaviour, and they are classic excuses.
Also, there is a way I like to lead my life, which would adhere to certain norms. Anything that goes beyond that is not my purview.
Too often athletes think there's these norms that I have to fit into and there are people that I have to please.
