Qualitative research based on a half standardized interview with seniors is aimed at identifying the seniors´ perception of the dignity concerning dignity of merit, moral strength and personal identity, and the related values of every human being, also known as Menschenwürde {--} human dignity. The results show the risk of loss or reduction of dignity in old age. The reasons are external and internal. External reasons include the approach of society and individuals to the elderly, (un) availability of social services for seniors and their families and also the social system. Internal reasons involve the change of the inner self, reduction of self-sufficiency, financial provision, degree of independence, evaluation of the past life, the age and gender. In the highest risk of loss of dignity are the very old, individuals dependent on the care of others and women. The research makes us think about creating decent living conditions for the elderly. The issues of supportive background creation and available home care services for the elderly and possibilities of a better support for families caring for dependent and dying elderly persons are also addressed. On an individual level it is necessary to instruct people, who come into contact with the elderly, with risk factors that may decrease dignity of the elderly and to gain skills for assistance to enhance seniors´ dignity by an appropriate and sensible approach. Perception of dignity changes with a social system. Dignity is an important component of the quality of life perception. Attention must be paid to this issue also in the future. With prolonged longevity of an individual and an active participation in community life up to the old age it should be reconsidered since what age an individual is regarded as old. For example, according to the WHO the early old age starts at 60 years of age. This is what young seniors perceive negatively. They do not consider themselves old even when they are 65 years old.

This dissertation will attempt to answer question whether, in terms of the right to dignity in s10 and the prohibition of unfair discrimination in s9 of the South African Constitution, the State must recognise in law a third gender for transgender individuals who do not identify as either male or female. It does so, first, by asking whether the failure by the state to provide for the legal recognition of a third gender violates transgender person's right to dignity. Second, the enquiry proceeds to discuss whether s9(3) of the Constitution (which prohibits unfair discrimination on any ground, including on the listed grounds of sex, gender and sexual orientation) requires the state to recognise a third gender. After discussing the lived experiences of transgender persons in South Africa, the thesis reviews the terminology and concepts relevant to this area of study, in order to lay the foundation for the subsequent examination of relevant case law, the Constitutional Court's approach to dignity, and the analysis of the application of s(9)(3). I submit that transgender persons fall within the Constitutional Court's definition of a vulnerable group in that they have suffered past patterns of disadvantage, they constitute a minority in South Africa and are subject to stereotyping and bias. Despite the Constitutional Courts erroneous pronouncement that transsexualism falls under the umbrella of sexual orientation, it is argued, rather, that since the expression of their gender identity by gender nonconforming persons shares many of the characteristics of the specified grounds listed in s9(3), unfair discrimination can be found on a ground analogous to those grounds listed in the Constitution. The failure to allow for recognition of a third gender is thus under-inclusive. It cannot be justified under the limitations analysis. Further, if objections were to be raised by the state that recognition is not feasible or affordable and is, hence, justified, I conclude that because there are ways to accommodate individuals who do not identify as binary which are not unduly taxing on the State, this argument would fail.

The problem that this dissertation engages with is how the self achieves moral status or worth. I aim to show that recognition, beginning with Hegel’s dialectical treatment of recognition, is necessary to the modern conception of the value status of the individual, and therefore that the latter must be understood, first, as the value status of the self. That is to say, there is no normative standing of the individual without the self experiencing itself as a being of intrinsic worth. Second, this experience is fully dependent upon others’ acknowledgment of our intrinsic worth. In sum, recognition is constitutive of the value status of the self. To show this requires an exposition of the full significance of the Hegelian conception of recognition that includes a demonstration of the radical meaning of “dependence” in this concept. The basic premise of the dissertation is that there is a problem in how modern subjects have come to interpret their value in accordance with its codification in the reigning legal and political documents of our time, in which the value of the person is stated as a fact, an immediate possession of the self. The supposed validity of this premise is further evidenced in dominant philosophical conceptions of dignity that go back to Kant. The central problem is the commitment to the seemingly factual or given nature of the normative standing of the individual, whatever the vicissitudes in the fate of groups and individuals, which are viewed as secondary phenomena. In arguing against this premise, the dissertation is divided into two broad parts. First, because of the complexity of the ingredients of recognition in a Hegelian viewpoint—where the status of selfhood and the normative standing of the self are entwined, and where both are dependent upon experiences of recognition and misrecognition—the major part of the dissertation is a step-by-step elaboration of what is involved in the constitution of the modern value status of the individual through recognition. Second, this step-by-step elaboration will reveal the ethical meaning of recognition in Hegel. In this, we draw on recent work by J.M. Bernstein in Critical Theory, which emphasizes the ethics in Hegelian thought. The dissertation will then turn to a discussion of a phenomenon today that not only exemplifies the problem of recognition in the modern concept of intrinsic value but also fully reveals the depth and meaning of dependence in the constitution of the self’s value status. This will be a discussion of disability. Our argument is therefore that Hegel’s conception of recognition provides a critical perspective on the apparent assurances and securities of modern subjects by bringing into question and bringing to light: (1) our dependence on others in the “possession” of our individual value status; (2) the normative vulnerability that is central to the possibility of our normative standing; and (3) the need to ground philosophical ethics in experiences of vulnerability. The project will not only argue for these three theses in detailed elaborations of their conceptual components. It will also consider the phenomenon of disability as a contemporary exemplar that reveals their importance.

yes / This report looks at the experiences of people with dementia living in care homes in England, with a particular focus on whether their care offers dignity and respect. Most similar studies have relied on the views of carers, care staff and people in the early stages of dementia. This study examines directly the experiences of people including those with advanced dementia.

Financial institutions and other organizations increasingly rely on personal data to make decisions consequential for individual wellbeing and access to opportunity. They use that data to monitor and effect transactions, manage customer accounts, track categorical statuses and eligibility, and allocate resources like credit, housing, and insurance. Yet none of this would be possible without first linking data to particular people. How do organizations identify individual consumers, and with what consequence? In this dissertation, I investigate consumer identification by studying what happens when it breaks down. Drawing on a multi-site qualitative study of financial identity theft—including 1) 45 interviews with victims; 2) 48 interviews with professionals who work on identity theft cases; and 3) observations at industry events, a nonprofit call center, and the fraud department of a large credit union—I show how unique consumer “identities” emerge from the complex and often fraught interplay of technology, expert judgment, and consumer subjectivity. By juxtaposing organizational techniques—from time-honored document inspection to cutting-edge behavioral biometrics—with consumer disputes, my research contributes to our understanding of the social construction of “accurate” personal data while revealing new ways that cultural biases inform data governance and reinforce racial, economic, and gender inequalities. My account of consumer identification highlights two phenomena about which scholars know relatively little. First, the rising importance of personal information, coupled with its limited regulation, exposes individuals to risk—a phenomenon I refer to as data vulnerability. I show how data vulnerability generates economic insecurity by shaking individuals’ trust in other people, organizations, or systems. The ways that data vulnerability produces mistrust, however, reflect and reproduce social inequalities. Low-income people and people of color experienced identity theft as a violation of interpersonal trust and reported severing relationships and channels of informal assistance to protect themselves. In contrast, upper-income individuals and whites blamed organizations and demanded their protection. Second, individuals perform substantial labor—data work—to manage their personal information, including securing and repairing it when problems arise. My dissertation documents the kinds of work people perform and the relational networks in which that work unfolds. I then demonstrate how this work hinges on inequitably distributed knowledge, expertise, and material resources. Thus, while data work burdens everyone, it disproportionately threatens the resources and dignity of low-income and minority Americans. Through tracing efforts to resolve identity theft, my dissertation reveals the dynamics of consumer identification linked to countless resources and opportunities. Far from natural, the unique “identities” on which markets depend require substantial work from a wide network of stakeholders. But that work unfolds in unequal power-laden relationships and imposes substantial costs on many individuals, particularly the most disadvantaged. At a time when organizations worldwide depend on personal data, my dissertation shows how efforts to link that data to people shape the prospects for human dignity, equality, and flourishing in the digital age.

Med palliativ vård menas att inriktningen på vården är att lindra symptomen, möjligheten att bota sjukdomen finns inte längre. Läkaren ska då försäkra sig om att livsuppehållande behandlingar inte längre kan påverka sjukdomsförloppet, ta största möjliga hänsyn till patientens önskemål och ta det avgörande beslutet att avsluta eller avbryta en livsuppehållande behandling. Palliativ vård är på många områden numera utbyggd till avancerade hemsjukvårdsteam. Tidigare studier har i huvudsak fokuserat på anhöriga eller vårdpersonal och då särskilt sjuksköterskans upplevelser av att vårda palliativa patienter. Därför är det viktigt att tydliggöra patientperspektivet. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva befintlig forskning om hur patienter inom palliativ vård upplever den sista tiden i livet. Metoden som använts är litteraturstudie och resultatet är funnit i 10 vetenskapliga artiklar. Resultatet redovisas med hjälp av fyra kategorier; Hopp och hopplöshet, Mening och maktlöshet, Tillgänglighet och ensamhet samt Acceptans. Slutsatsen är att den som är allvarligt sjuk och står inför döden bör mötas och behandlas av palliativ vård som grundas i hopp, mening, tillgänglighet och acceptans. För att förbättra den sista tiden i livet för patienten inom palliativ vård när det gäller bevarad värdighet finns det, med stöd i studiens resultat, specifika aspekter att beakta. Patienten bör delta i sin vård så långt det är möjligt; Hopp är inte alltid kopplat till bot; Vårdarna bör underlätta sociala kontakter; Vårdarna bör vara tillgängliga, även när det inte finns något att säga; Allvarlig information bör ges stegvis; och Teamarbete med flera olika professioner.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:25:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Magda Magnolia Santana.pdf: 872828 bytes, checksum: 7bd137df431ed3eff014f8e254385762 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-12-15 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / Dignity is a subject discussed mainly by philosophy when referring to human beings. Within organizations, the discussions have been occurring mainly related to dignity at work and the worker. Some efforts have been made to conceptualize what is organizational dignity. This study aimed to identify the practices, attributes and values for the dignity of a financial organization, according to the perception of its employees. The study was conducted in a private bank and is classified as descriptive and exploratory, using the quantitative method.The data collection was conducted through a questionnaire on practices, attributes and values related to organizational dignity, developed and validated by Teixeira et al . (2011). The nonprobability sample consisted of 103 valid cases. The data were processed by descriptive statistics and parametric and nonparametric techniques. Data analysis revealed that some organizational practices relating to dignity are not perceived by employees of the bank as such. Practices related to promoting employee development were the least perceived by the respondents, while the practices of the factor 'did not fool the stakeholders were that most characterized the dignity of the bank, according to respondents. Data analysis also revealed that men and women perceive differently practices related to promoting the development of employees. The research compared also the results of this sample with the study of Teixeira et al. (2011) with Brazilian workers and the results showed statistically significant differences in practices and attributes relating to organizational dignity between the two groups: Brazilian workers and bankers. / Dignidade é um tema discutido principalmente pela filosofia quando referente ao ser humano.No âmbito das organizações, as discussões vêm ocorrendo principalmente relacionadas à dignidade no trabalho e do trabalhador. Alguns esforços vêm sendo feitos para conceituar o que seja dignidade organizacional. Este trabalho objetivou identificar as práticas, atributos e valores relativos à dignidade organizacional de uma instituição financeira, na percepção de seus empregados. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida em um banco privado e classifica-se como descritivo-exploratória, utilizando o método quantitativo. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de questionário sobre práticas, atributos e valores relativos à dignidade organizacional,desenvolvido e validado por Teixeira et al. (2011). A amostra não-probabilística foi composta por 103 casos válidos. Os dados foram tratados mediante estatística descritiva e técnicas paramétricas e não paramétricas. A análise dos dados revelou que algumas práticas relativas à dignidade organizacional não são percebidas pelos empregados do banco como tal. As práticas referentes a promover o desenvolvimento do empregado foram as menos percebidas pelos respondentes, ao passo que as práticas que compõem o fator não engana os stakeholders foram as práticas que mais caracterizam a dignidade do banco pesquisado,segundo os respondentes. A análise de dados também revelou que homens e mulheres percebem diferentemente as práticas referentes a promover o desenvolvimento dos empregados. A pesquisa comparou, ainda, os resultados dessa amostra com o estudo de Teixeira et al. (2011) com trabalhadores brasileiros e os resultados apontaram diferenças estatisticamente significativas em práticas e atributos relativos à dignidade organizacional entre os dois grupos: trabalhadores brasileiros e bancários.

Background Nurses work to promote health, prevent disease, restore health and relieve suffering. However, when the patient transitions into end of life care, the goal is no longer to cure, but to relieve. End-of-life care is about seeing the patient and helping them move on by doing what favors the patients’ well-being. Aim The aim of this study was to describe how nurses can preserve the patients’ dignity in end of life care. Method This study is based on a method to contribute to evidence-based nursing with foundation in analysis of qualitative research. 7 qualitative and 2 articles with mixed methods were analyzed using a five step model described by Friberg. Results Through the analysis three main themes and five sub-themes were developed. The main themes were: Involving the patient, Preserving the patient’s quality of life, Seeing the patient. Conclusion Through the actions performed by the nurse, dignity can be preserved. By protecting the patients’ integrity and autonomy through a person-centered care, the best conditions for giving a worthy death are created.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:30:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marco Andre Ferreira da Silva.pdf: 2126669 bytes, checksum: 77dc16dc11e2f32f85ba70976f12b2b8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-23 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / The society claims for a kind of organization that does not aim only for revenues without pay attention in costs involved. Ethic is important subject for business and organizations, some authors say that ethic and business could not be related issues,and other authors say that we can not separate ethic from business. This research consider the subjective aspects and focus on businessmen entrepeneur and their interactions with stakeholders, considering the social complexity within business.The research problem is how the businessmen entrepeneur deal with dilemmas of dignity in the organization management. This research utilizes the grounded theory procedures. The data has been collected based on interviews with nine businessmen entrepeneur of established companies and has been analyzed in NVIVO 8. The central category emerged from the data was named Prioritazion of Symbolic Rewards.The businessmen entrepeneur who has presented sensitivity to moral dilemmas, prioritize symbolic rewards, the characteristics are: social prestige,personal satisfaction, personal power, and professional recognition, building a dignity enterprise and strategies to treat dilemmas that affects the stakeholder dignity. The executives that have presented sensitivity to operational dilemmas, Prioritize Financial Rewards, aiming to improve the family way of living, building companies that prioritize revenues based on company operational focus. / A sociedade nos dias de hoje demanda das empresas um comportamento que não esteja exclusivamente voltado para maximização dos lucros a qualquer custo. A ética é um tema que tem permeado as questões dos negócios. Para alguns autores,ética e negócios não se misturam (tese da separação), para outros não existe separação entre ética e negócios. Esta pesquisa considera os aspectos subjetivos e põe foco nos empresários empreendedores e suas interações com stakeholders,considerando a complexidade social em que os negócios se realizam. Neste sentido, consideramos a seguinte questão de pesquisa: como os empresários lidam com dilemas de dignidade na gestão das empresas? O objetivo é compreender como os empresários lidam com dilemas da dignidade na gestão das empresas. A investigação foi conduzida a partir dos procedimentos metodológicos da Teoria Fundamentada nos Dados. Os dados foram coletados baseados em entrevistas com nove empresários considerados empreendedores de empresas estabelecidas analisadas com o apoio do software NVIVO 8. A categoria central que emergiu dos dados foi nomeada como Recompensas do Empreender. Os empresários que apresentaram sensibilidade aos dilemas morais Priorizam Recompensas Simbólicas caracterizadas por prestígio social, satisfação pessoal, exercício do poder pessoal e reconhecimento profissional. Para tal propósito, buscam construir Empresas Dignas e estabelecem estratégias para lidar com dilemas que afetam a dignidade dos stakeholders. Por outro lado, empresários que demonstraram sensibilidade para o dilemas operacionais Priorizam Recompensas Financeiras, buscando com isso a melhoria do padrão de vida familiar e, portanto, construindo empresas lucrativas baseados em ajustes da operação da empresa.

This dissertation focuses on the role of the church as a social conscience in its quest for human dignity. It specifically explores the role played by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa in the restoration of human dignity through the contributions made by the various bishops and archbishops in addressing the challenges of socio-economic and political injustice faced by society. Furthermore, this dissertation explores the practical mission and ministry of the parish of St Thomas in Kagiso 1, Krugersdorp in its quest for human dignity aimed at addressing the contextual socio-economic and political injustices and to alleviate suffering. Special emphasis in this dissertation is put on the biblical and theological substantiation which necessitated the various prophetic mission and ministries. / Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics