The paradox of corporate sustainability: analyzing the moral landscape of Canadian grocers by Samantha Taylor, Sylvain Charlebois, Tammy Crowell, Bryce Cross

“…Escalating expenses and a lack of transparency have engendered heightened consumer skepticism. This perceived presence of barriers and excessive profitability gives rise to ethical concerns. …”
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Exploring the link between public health compliance and voting patterns in the 2020 U.S. presidential election by Florent Nkouaga

“…Public officials' unpreparedness resulted in skepticism regarding government responses. Additionally, health inequities and political polarization profoundly influenced voter attitudes and behaviors.MethodsThis study employs statistical techniques to examine voting patterns, leveraging data from the 2021 African American COVID-19 Vaccine Polls (AACVP) alongside the 2020 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey (CMPS). …”
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Current Advances in Information Quantum Technologies – Critical Issues by Katarzyna Nałęcz-Charkiewicz, Jana Meles, Wioleta Rzęsa, Andrzej A. Wojciechowski, Eryk Warchulski, Kacper Kania, Justyna Stypułkowska, Grzegorz Fluder, Ryszard S. Romaniuk

“…Today, however, the skepticism expressing many doubts about the realizability of this optimistic view fights with a cheap optimism pouring out of some popular press releases. …”
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Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy of Humanism in Auditor Perceptions by Made Dudy Satyawan, Sri Iswati

“…However, excessive integration and tend to rely on auditors should be aware of so that high-tech assisted audit objectives such as AI work in harmony without eliminating the auditor's humanism such as skepticism and professional judgment that AI does not have. …”
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The (im-)moral scientist? Measurement and framing effects shape the association between scientists and immorality. by Bastiaan T Rutjens, Esther Niehoff, Steven J Heine

“…Taken together, the findings have important academic ramifications for science skepticism, morality, and stereotyping research as well as valuable practical implications for successful science communication.…”
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Patients' and psychiatrists' stance on the current state of pharmacological depression treatment in Serbia and prospects of introduction of personalized pharmacotherapy and its pot... by Jeremić Aleksandra, Milosavljević Filip, Opanković Ana, Jukić Marin

“…Even though the amount of evidence on the usefulness of personalized drug dosing in depression treatment is growing, there is still resistance and skepticism among physicians and regulators regarding the implementation of CYP450 genotyping and therapeutic drug monitoring in psychiatric clinical practice. …”
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L’APPRODO ALL’ITALIANO: UN PUNTO DI ARRIVO? by Gabriella Cartago

“…For a certain time, there is diffidence towards the new language still largely unknown (and the skepticism of those hearing someone speak a newly learned language). …”
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Natural Knockouts: Natural Selection Knocked Out by Peter Borger

“…Since the phenomenon was first observed in the early nineties of the last century, these so-called ‘no-phenotype knockouts’ have met with great skepticism and resistance by died-in-the-wool selectionists. …”
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Relationship status and gender-related differences in response to infidelity by Tsukasa Kato, Nobutoshi Okubo

“…Those in committed relationships were more upset or distressed over their partners’ infidelity, particularly over sexual infidelity, than those not in committed relationships.DiscussionThe results supported the sexual imagination hypothesis indirectly, while evolutionary psychological perspectives were met with skepticism. Our findings implied that sex differences in jealousy result from relationship status, and that responses to partners’ infidelity are more alike than different.…”
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The Spiritual Transformation of the Samin Community in Tapelan Village: A Character Education Insight by Muhamad Arif, Chairul Anwar

“…The religious evolution of the Samin community can be demarcated into four pivotal phases: (1) reactive resistance against Dutch colonial policies, (2) a period of self-imposed isolation in teak forests, (3) a phase of skepticism and apathy extending to the initial days of independence, and (4) adaptive cooperation with the emergent environment post-1980s. …”
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Pressure mapping and susceptibility to bonding failure for low-quality lamstock in cross laminated timber by Dalisson Peterson Silva do Carmo, Karl Englund, Hui Li

“…Nevertheless, low-quality lumber has significant warping that spreads skepticism towards bonding failure due to out-of-plane defects. …”
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Arbitrability of International Tax Disputes by Naeem Noorbakhsh, Hassan Vakilian, Javid Laknahur

“…After the successful use of arbitration to resolve tax disputes in EU arbitration convention, The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2008 and the United Nations (UN) in 2011 were convinced to insert an arbitration clause in their model treaties. Skepticism to Arbitrability of international tax disputes due to its link to the sovereignty rights of states, resulted in utilizing such clauses by few countries in their tax treaties. …”
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Experience with digitalization of courses at a healthy life center - An interview study by Kjersti Karoline Danielsen, Elise Fauske Osmundsen, Silje Halvorsen Sveaas

“…Conclusion: Employees and participants were positive to more use of digital courses and digital tools as a supplement to physical courses, but expressed skepticism to all-digital courses. Both groups described “loosing” a lot during digital courses, specially the social aspect and the exchange of experiences. …”
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Fidelity in Animal Modeling: Prerequisite for a Mechanistic Research Front Relevant to the Inflammatory Incompetence of Acute Pediatric Malnutrition by Bill Woodward

“…However, reasonable skepticism prevails regarding the relevance of animal models of acute pediatric malnutrition; consequently, the fundamental contributions of the animal-based component of this research front are largely overlooked. …”
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Missing the bigger picture: Why insect monitoring programs are limited in their ability to document the effects of habitat loss by M. L. Forister, S. H. Black, C. S. Elphick, E. M. Grames, C. A. Halsch, C. B. Schultz, D. L. Wagner

“…Reports of insect declines have also been accompanied by skepticism that is healthy and to be expected in scientific discussion. …”
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Non-negotiable : why moral naturalism cannot do away with categorical reasons by Luco, Andrés Carlos

“…In particular, if the existence of normative reasons for action is taken to be dependent on agents’ desires, it would breed profound skepticism about the legitimacy of evaluating others’ actions from a moral point of view. …”
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Adjusting news accuracy perceptions after deepfakes exposure: evidence from a non-Western context by Saifuddin Ahmed, Wang, Yifei, Bee, Adeline Wei Ting

“…Empirical studies examining if and how deepfakes would evoke news skepticism and discredit social trust in societies with low levels of digital literacy are limited. …”
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Web3 and blockchain applications for real world problems by Lim, Jia Yan

“…In recent times, there has been increasing skepticism among donors about the proper utilisation of their donations, with fear that funds could be misappropriated for suspicious activities or even terrorist projects. …”
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Coping with the postmodern paradox. by Tsang, Donald Tsz Lok.

“…Contrary to the high postmodernist focus on metafictionality and anti-form, this paper further seeks to demonstrate postmodernism’s tendency towards an open skepticism, which allows possibilities of meaning, representations of reality, and politics to be re-inserted into fiction, no more or less valid than the metafictional impulse. …”
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HUBUNGAN KUALITAS AUDIT PERSEPSIAN DAN KEPUASAN TERAUDIT PEMERINTAH DAERAH DI PROPINSI NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR by , Hermanus Reo, SE., , Prof. Dr. Abdul Halim, MBA

“…The hypothesis are as follows: (1) the experience of audit team is positively related to audited satisfaction, (2) the expertise of audit team is positively related to auditee satisfaction, (3) the responsive of the audit team is positively related to auditee satisfaction, (4) the independence of the audit team is positively related to auditee satisfaction, (5) the experience of auditâ��s fieldwork is positively related to auditee satisfaction and (6), the skepticism of audit team is negatively related to auditee satisfaction. …”