In business and government policy, social impact refers to how the organization's actions affect the surrounding community. See also the psychological "Social impact theory". Social impacts can link to areas such as health and community
Social Impact is also the name of a service provider to NGOs and international agencies.
Famous quotes containing the words social and/or impact:
“The protection of a ten-year-old girl from her father’s advances is a necessary condition of social order, but the protection of the father from temptation is a necessary condition of his continued social adjustment. The protections that are built up in the child against desire for the parent become the essential counterpart to the attitudes in the parent that protect the child.”
—Margaret Mead (1901–1978)
“If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn’t be here. It’d still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)