"You Shall Not Murder": Atos at the Paralympic Games
At the London 2012 Paralympic Games, a controversy arose regarding Paralympic sponsor Atos, the French IT company contracted at £400 million to implement the UK Government's Work Capability Assessment. Atos was accused of falling short of professional codes of conduct, including declaring fit f...
| Published in: | Journal of disability & religion |
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| Subtitles: | Theology, Disability and Sport : Reflections on Physical and Intellectual Impairment and Well-Being |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2017]
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| In: |
Journal of disability & religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Disability
B Practical Theology B Disability studies |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | At the London 2012 Paralympic Games, a controversy arose regarding Paralympic sponsor Atos, the French IT company contracted at £400 million to implement the UK Government's Work Capability Assessment. Atos was accused of falling short of professional codes of conduct, including declaring fit for work persons who subsequently died following removal of their benefits. The disability rights group Disabled People Against Cuts held UK-wide protests at Atos offices in Cardiff, Glasgow, Belfast, and London. I argue that rather than responding positively to the protests, the International Paralympic Committee is causing damage to the Disabled People's Movement. To build the argument within a theological context, the Biblical story of Cain's slaying of his brother Abel is applied to help understand the relationship between the International Paralympic Committee and the Disabled People's Movement, respectively. |
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| ISSN: | 2331-253X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of disability & religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2017.1299066 |