C reating a common language provides one of a social enter-prise's defining moments, be it a technical, scientific, or humanistic venture. The lan-guage's most obvious utility derives from its allowing a field's participants to communicate among themselves. Its importance extends beyond this function , however. More than a neutral medium through which we exchange information , language serves t...

in traditional societies and tribes, a particular attention has been paid toward adolescence. it was referred to as a former stage of being adult and included the facts such as bearing and accepting commitments, responsibilities and special credits. a ceremony was held under special conditions in order to make the society recognize the adolescent. these ancient ceremonies have been gradually fo...

Abstract We study whether institutional investors that sign the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), a commitment to responsible investing, exhibit better portfolio-level environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores. Signatories outside of USA have superior ESG scores than nonsignatories, but US signatories at best similar ratings, worse if they underperformed recently, are retail...