Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2005. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Metropolitan Holdings Limited is a life insurance and investment company
with a well-recognised brand, operating in a competitive environment. The
Metropolitan Doyle model that the company developed in the 1980s was the
first of its kind and is used to predict the course and impact of the HIV/AIDS
pandemic. Metropolitan has since been actively engaged in developing
insurance products, designed to take HIV/AIDS into account. It has,
moreover been active in advocating action on a wide range of issue relating to
the disease, not least through its RedRibbon website, the publication of the
respected journal, AIDS Analysis Africa, and through various community
initiatives, particularly involving HIV/AIDS education. The company’s external
work on the issue of HIV/AIDS is therefore well recognised. Although it has
had an internal programme for several years, it has only seriously addressed
the HIV/AIDS in the workplace since 2003 and in so doing, has not found the
necessity of using any existing models of best practice.
This case study examines the guidelines of a comprehensive HIV/AIDS
programme, as set out by the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, with a
view to finding out whether and to what extent a company such as
Metropolitan might have implemented its recommendations and what impact it
might have in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the workplace.
The case study further examines the likely impact of the King II
recommendations relating to the disclosure requirements on HIV/AIDS (in
conjunction with the Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines) with a view to
assessing whether these can enable a company such as Metropolitan, to
have regard to the impact of the disease on the sustainability of their business
and the steps that might be taken to mitigate the impact. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING:
Metropolitan Holdings Beperk is ‘n lewensversekerings – en
beleggingsmaatskappy, met ‘n alombekende handelsmerk, wat in ‘n
kompeterende omgewing funksioneer. Die Metropolitan-Doyle model wat
deur die maatskappy in die 1980’s ontwikkel is, was die eerste in sy soort, en
word gebruik om die verloop en impak van die MIV/VIGS pandemie te
voorspel.
Metropolitan is sedertdien aktief betrokke in die ontwikkeling van
versekeringsprodukte, was spesifiek ook MIV/VIGS as oogmerk het. Die
maatskappy is boonop besig om betrokkenheid oor ‘n wye spektrum van
uitkomste verwant aan die siekte te propageer, veral deur die RedRibbonwebtuiste,
die publikasie van die hoogaangeskrewe joernaal, AIDS Analysis
Africa, en deur verskeie gemeenskapsinisiatiewe wat spesifiek die opvoeding
aangaande MIV/VIGS insluit. Die maatskappy se eksterne werk op die
aangeleentheid van MIV/VIGS word dus wyd erken. Alhoewel dit ook al
verskeie jare oor ‘n interne program beskik, is dit eers sedert 2003 dat
MIV/VIGS in die werkplek ernstig aangespreek word. Deur dit so te doen, is
daar nie die nodigheid gesien om enige bestaande modelle wat die beste
werk, te gebruik nie.
Hierdie gevallestudie ondersoek die riglyne van ‘n omvattende MIV/VIGS
program, soos uiteengesit deur die Global Business Coalition oor MIV/VIGS,
met die oogmerk om uit te vind tot watter mate ‘n maatskappy soos
Metropolitan sy aanbevelings mag implementeer en watter impak dit mag hê
op die bestryding van MIV/VIGS in die werkplek.
Die gevallestudie ondersoek verder die waarskynlike impak van die King IIaanbevelings
rakende die openbaarmakende vereistes oor MIV/VIGS (in
samehang met die Global Reporting Initiative Riglyne) met die oogmerk om te
bepaal of bogenoemde ‘n maatskappy soos Metropolitan in staat kan stel om
geleentheid te hê tot die impak van die siekte op die volhoubaarheid van hul
besigheid en die stappe wat geneem mag word om die impak te beheer.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/50234 |
| Date | 04 1900 |
| Creators | Ferreira, Clive Joaquim |
| Contributors | Roux, Andre, Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Science. Dept. of Industrial Psychology. Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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