“You Shall Not Murder”

Atos at the Paralympic Games

Bibliographic Data

ID23035231
AuthorsStuart Braye (Teesside University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume21
Issue2
Pages215-229
Publication date2017-04-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Disability & Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2331-2521 • E-ISSN: 2331-253X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23312521.2017.1299066
OpenAlexW2607524414
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

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.

Argument (complex analysis) · Brother · Context (archaeology) · Disabled people · Government (linguistics) · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Work (physics) · Demography · Disability Rights and Representation · Elder Abuse and Neglect · Engineering · History · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine

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