naming and shaming
noun[U]
ukustheactivityof sayingpubliclythat aperson,company, etc. hasbehavedin abadorillegalway:
Hereadilybackedthenamingandshamingofunderperformingschools.
anamingandshamingpolicy/campaign/approach
Examplesofnaming and shaming
naming and shaming
These included mandatory lockouts, plastic cups and thenamingandshamingof the most violent venues.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the same time, an approach tonamingandshaminghas succeeded only in highlighting the failures and negative effects of non-aid policies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the above extract, a 'namingandshaming' modality is employed by the editor, with a third authority lending weight to the newspaper's argument.
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I am not sure that a discussion involvingnamingandshaminggets the balance right.
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The thing that has been most distressing has been the virtual 'namingandshaming' of vegetables and then declaring them not guilty.
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He used the extremely efficient method ofnamingandshaming, and quite rightly so.
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We are afraid of having a 'witch-hunt' whennamingandshamingis carried out.
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We should then create a blacklist of these companies, serving as a reference based on the principle of 'namingandshaming'.
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There must be a system ofnamingandshamingfor those businesses that are careless.
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We cannot therefore make use ofnamingandshamingand worst practices.
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