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Nesa Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

What does driven in part mean?

Hi,

What does driven in part mean here?

Corporate social responsibility is driven in part by the expectation that consumers will ultimately reward those companies with a better social and environmental
record.

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Nesa
  

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driven in part = partially caused by His desire to be governor is driven in part by the fact that his father had been governor. Their generous donation to the Cancer Society was driven in part by their mother's having died from that disease.

  • driven in part = partially caused by His desire to be governor is driven in part by the fact that his father had been governor.
  • Their generous donation to the Cancer Society was driven in part by their mother's having died from that disease.
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driven in part = partially caused by
His desire to be governor is driven in part by the fact that his father had been governor.
Their generous donation to the Cancer Society was driven in part by their mother's having died from that disease.
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Thank You so much Philip. It really helped.
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And there is another term a little further which I can't get properly. Here is the bold part:

But consumers, although conscious, are a fairly passive lot. The National Consumer Council notes that consumers are often unwilling to make changes in their habits. A poll by MORI shows that although 83% of us intend to act ethically, only 18% do so (and only occasionally), while less than 5%
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