Dignity Stories

This section of our website is an attempt to tell stories of people from various countries, cultures, genders, and work types. We intend to humanise the ‘world of work’ by putting dignity at the heart of businesses, states, and societies.

Stories matter. Many stories matter.
Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity.
Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
Nigerian writer and storyteller
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Challenges and ethics of researching dignity ‘at work’ – by Pankhuri Agarwal

This reflective piece aims to initiate a broader discussion on the challenges associated with researching an abstract term, namely “dignity…

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Strongly Dignified: Maintaining Dignity as A Fitness Professional by Danielle Shaffery

The value of dignity has consistently guided my actions in my personal and professional life, serving as a foundational principle…

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The Road to Dignity in Online Teaching

Image Source: Unsplash   Let me walk you through the work life of Riya. She teaches from home for an…

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Research and Teamwork: Through the Looking Glass of Dignity – by Ayesha Pattnaik

As a researcher in the social sciences, my work is often centred around conversations about the dignity of others. However,…

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My dignity also lies in others’ dignity – by Pardeep Singh Attri

(Photo by micheile dot com on Unsplash) In this essay, I want to tell three personal stories; that is it, no…

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My tryst with dignity – Ishwarya Thyagarajan

The author presenting her research on Islam and organ donation at India’s premier management institute, IIM Ahmedabad.   In the…

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What is Dignity in Scientific Research? – Rossella Salandra

My mum and dad were both teachers and had high expectations for my brother and me to work hard in…

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Dignity is often taken for granted until reality strikes! – Farooq Mughal

By Farooq Mughal — “I know it when I see it even if I cannot tell you what it is”…

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Chocolate, content moderation and dignity- Sarah Glozer

In 2006 I landed my dream job. After a year of studying an MA in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at…

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Dignity is found in places out of the reach of ‘the management’ – Nancy Harding

Photo by the author: A working class childhood (c. 1959) BY NANCY HARDING I grew up in the working-class coal…

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What counts as dignity in freelance work? – Hardik Gaurav

As a photographer from a middle-class family in India, treating any work with respect is dignity. I cannot emphasise this…

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Why do we need to share stories of dignity? – Pankhuri Agarwal

As persons in an increasingly precarious world of work, we perform a variety of labour at the workplace, home, and…