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Respect. (from the lat. respectu) n. 1. respect; 2. consideration; high regard; 3. deference; compliance; veneration; 4. honour; worship; 5. relation; refererence...
We believe that everyone should be respected for their work, for their attitudes, opinions and options.
Rigor. (from the lat. rigore) n. 1. harshness; strength; 2.fig., severity; punctuality; accuracy.
There is no "more or less levelled", "more or less upright”, "more or less clean" or "more or less safe", but rather “levelled”, "upright”, "clean” and “safe". The rigour is reflected in our procedures, in time and in the rules to follow. In the light of moral and principles, being severe means being rigorous.
Passion. (from the lat. passione) n. 1. intense and usually violent feeling (affection, joy, hate, etc.) which hinders the exercise of impartial logic; 2. derived from a feeling; 3. great predilection; 4. partiality; 5. great grief; immense suffering...
Under the sign of passion – a text of the Portuguese poet Regina Guimarães – is our icon. Passion is to reveal great enthusiasm for something, favourable encouragement or opposite to something.
It is the sensibility transmitted by an architect or engineer through work.
Passion is the dedication to a project. Passion is a state of warm soul.
Loyalty. (from the lat. legalitate) n. the quality of being loyal; fidelity; sincerity.
Respect for the principles and rules that guide the honour and probity. Faithfulness to commitments and agreements undertaken, staunch character.
To remain loyal to the business partners because we depend on them and they depend on us.
Being trustworthy for being loyal.
Solidarity. (from the lat. solidare) n. 1. the quality of being solidary; 2. reciprocal responsibility among the members of a group, namely social, professional, etc.; 3. sense of sharing another’s suffering.
Being solidary is being a friend, offering our hand with genuine generosity and bringing joy and human warmth to those who, somehow, are marginalized. Being solidary is being more human. A solidary company is recognized as a fair and non-selfish company. A solidary company is a preferred choice in business. It is a more competitive company. Volunteering is a vehicle to solidarity. It is modern, fair, cultured, friend, it is a noble gesture of moral elevation.
Courage. (from the lat. coraticum) n. 1. bravery facing danger; intrepidity; to have audacity; 2. moral force before a suffering or setback; 3. [fig.] to input energy when performing a difficult task; perseverance...
Courage is essential in our life. Courage to face less pleasant situations when complex issues come up, not expecting random resolutions.
It is a value that we must highlight as opposed to the fearful, cowardly and laziness.
The courage to react to criticism not with an attitude of demotivation or sadness, but rather to search for the means and the action to overcome its own reason. This kind of courage, which is also an intellectual courage, is highly recommended.
Ambition. (from the lat. ambitione) n. 1. vehement desire of wealth, honours or glories; 2. expectation about the future; aspiration; 3. lust; greed…
Vehement desire to achieve a particular goal. Ambition not to resign ourselves. Ambition to take the best potential from ourselves. Ambition to deserve ourselves. Ambition to be athletes in our top-level competitive jobs. Ambition to beat our brands. Ambition to get the best deals with the maximum value, due to the high levels of proficiency and efficiency.
Esthetics. ESTHETICS (from the Greek aisthetiké, "sensitive") n.f. 1. Philosophy branch of philosophy that studies the beauty and nature of artistic phenomena; 2. author's own style, time, etc.; 3. harmony of shapes and colors, beauty; 4. set of techniques and treatments that aim to beautify the body.
We decided to build the company's economic foundations under a cultured, cosmopolitan and cool image. Because it is a charming state of being. Good taste because we are sustainable and we respect the planet. Good taste because we are sensitive. Good taste just because.
Responsibility. (from the lat respondere) n. the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; a form of trustworthiness.
We must be certain that, before a choice, we chose what is best for both of us and not just the best for each one. Each employee is responsible for his negotiated activity and co-responsible if the co-worker does not fulfil his own task, thus preventing the common goal. A team is a set of individuals - is a whole. In the business game, as in social or family contexts, everyone must comply with their own relative position and we shall not permit that one of ours fails to be in our team.
Correio do Minho
The president of the dst group addressed the Minister of Economy and Territorial Cohesion yesterday, calling for more support for culture—so that companies can be more creative and more competitive.
At the presentation of the dst literature award to poet Luís Quintais, which took place last night at Theatro Circo, the president of the dst group, José Teixeira, addressed the Minister of Economy and Territorial Cohesion, Manuel Castro Almeida, who was present at the event, advocating for more culture in the economy.
“The economy needs to talk more about culture; it’s not an impossible mission,” he stated. Emphasizing that he “does not want the economy to focus on pure scholarship,” he maintained that “a worldview also has economic value.”
“To produce things invented in Portugal, we need culture; we need the arts and poetry, just as much as we need the humanities, philosophy, and theater,” he emphasized, adding that “to see first what is not in plain sight, to see the invisible and hear what is left unsaid, or to interpret social resonances and consumer desires, we need culture—not as a prop, but as the weapon that elevates us to more competitive levels of creativity.”
He referred to the times we live in, marked by “great doubt and existential and moral emptiness,” arguing that there is “a lack of purpose, meaning, and significance in a wide range of professions that also spans generations.”
“There is a generation that is not living better than the one that preceded it, and there is a generation that is having a harder time leaving home than their parents’ generation, and there are elderly people who have neither money nor a home,” he emphasized.
José Teixeira went on to criticize an economy “dependent on the sale of non-essential products.” He pointed out that the lifespan of products “has never been so short”; cars are designed to last only a short time and are engineered to become obsolete, while phones and computers “are updated to render them obsolete.”
The president of the dst group referred to the context of war, in an economy “that depends on the consumption of the weapons it manufactures,” emphasizing that the GDP of the richest countries “depends on the war economy.”
He addressed the housing crisis, asking for solutions “for the entire country” and “how can a family’s income be reconciled with the rent they have to pay for their home and the utilities that serve it?”
He questioned what kind of education, justice, and social security “the informed general will” desires and whether “everything is up to the politicians.”
Later on, he argued that social processes in the workplace “have crystallized or become distorted, leaning toward one side—the side that does not consider the eradication of poverty to be the economic and social objective of companies.”
According to José Teixeira, “we are on the cusp of a new industrial revolution, but we must look to history and conclude that the evolution of technology—from automation to robotization and, now more than ever, artificial intelligence—tends to widen the gap between the haves and the have-nots.”
“Things aren’t working well. Our shared home is exhausted,” he further emphasized, noting that cities are not democratic, social, or inclusive, and arguing that “we need to change the spirit of the economy,” with a leap “from the physical to the metaphysical.” In this vein, he recalled the path that DST has taken by supporting reading, literature, poetry, theater, and the arts.
“That’s why we opened the Muzeu,” he stressed.