social conscience
noun
: caring or concern about important social issues
I can't work for a company that has no social conscience.
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The film embodies Willa’s mission of finding great material with a social conscience and tailoring the release strategy to not only bring in audiences but really reach them through events around the film.
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Carole Horst, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
Davis’ skill at staging and shooting kinetic suspense grabbed audiences in that film and the terrific thrillers that followed, but what really separated him from his peers was the elegant integration of his own social conscience into the material.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2024
That remark sounds like something that might be uttered by a horror movie character—a Dr. Frankenstein with a social conscience, perhaps.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
During these years, the Catholic Church’s social conscience was on the rise.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
This Arizona beer has a social conscience Drink beer, save water.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 15 July 2024
Featuring a treasure trove of archival footage and interviews with fashion leaders, global scientists, and longtime collaborators, Tony and Emmy Award winner Dori Bernstein celebrates Cole’s enduring legacy of combining style with social conscience.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
Coppola’s 1974 movie brings back social conscience.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 Aug. 2024
Hollywood may be filled with scoundrels, liars and backstabbers — but at least some of those scoundrels, liars and backstabbers have a social conscience.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024
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Carole Horst, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
Davis’ skill at staging and shooting kinetic suspense grabbed audiences in that film and the terrific thrillers that followed, but what really separated him from his peers was the elegant integration of his own social conscience into the material.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2024
That remark sounds like something that might be uttered by a horror movie character—a Dr. Frankenstein with a social conscience, perhaps.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
During these years, the Catholic Church’s social conscience was on the rise.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
This Arizona beer has a social conscience Drink beer, save water.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 15 July 2024
Featuring a treasure trove of archival footage and interviews with fashion leaders, global scientists, and longtime collaborators, Tony and Emmy Award winner Dori Bernstein celebrates Cole’s enduring legacy of combining style with social conscience.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
Coppola’s 1974 movie brings back social conscience.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 Aug. 2024
Hollywood may be filled with scoundrels, liars and backstabbers — but at least some of those scoundrels, liars and backstabbers have a social conscience.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Social conscience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20conscience. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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