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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.
The dst group, the University of Minho, the Institute of Arts and Human Sciences (ILCH) and the Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S), inaugurate next Friday, the 20th, the sculpture “Arts, Humanities and Engineering”, by Raúl Ferreira, in tribute to Vítor Aguiar e Silva, Professor of the ILCH. The inaugural ceremony will take place at 12:00 a.m., in the Pedagogic Complex II of the Gualtar Campus, in Braga, and will be attended by the Minister of Culture, Luís Filipe Castro Mendes, the Rector of the University of Minho, António M. Cunha, President of the ILCH, João Cardoso Rosas, CEO of the dst group, José Teixeira, Director of the IB-S, Tiago Miranda, and Vítor Aguiar e Silva.
The sculpture, about three metres high, one metre wide, and an estimated weight of three tons, involved teams from IB-S and the dst group, under the coordination of shairart gallery and the guest artist, who created this unique and ambitious piece in just over a month. As of Friday, the sculptural piece, "which exalts the book and its civilizational importance", as António M. Cunha, Rector of the University of Minho said, can be visited in the Gualtar campus, in front of the ILCH.
"The sculptural piece marks the symbiosis between the time to learn, teach, and research" says the Rector, adding that this work "is also the link between people and knowledge, which we distinguish in the recognition of one of the players of the Academic Community who best speaks through books, writes about them and teaches us how that should be done".
At the invitation of the dst group, Raúl Ferreira, a visual artist represented by shairart, designed this sculpture using a residue that gained a new life in a function where it is the leading player, through research and development by IB-S, in partnership with the dst group. Accustomed to using traditional binding agent on his artistic production, Raúl Ferreira was challenged to use a material that corresponds to a logic of sustainability, discarding the previous.
The result of this challenge is the Arts, Humanities and Engineering sculpture, a structure based on a classical architecture approach, with round arch, in which one of them has a book shape finish and a front and back cover that suggests the ornaments of the facsimile of "The Lusiads", published under the coordination of Professor Vítor Aguiar e Silva, who dedicated a good part of his life studying “The Lusiads” and Camões. The book is slim, and presents a very complex geometry that is too demanding for conventional concrete. In addition to the new ASIC material, residue from the steel industry that should replace concrete in the medium term, the sculptor resorted to ECC, a fibre reinforced concrete, designed in micro-scale, and with self-regenerative characteristics, making it a quite advanced material with a complex behaviour. Therefore, the piece is a unique and innovative artistic creation. Thus, more than an impressive tribute to Professor Victor Aguiar e Silva, the work is a symbol of an idea for the future, as Marco Pereira, curator of shairart, and Tiago Miranda, Director of IB-S emphasised. The Arts, Humanities and Engineering sculpture is also a statement for the future - a future of multidisciplinary work and networking, with knowledge interchange, where knowledge and innovation are factors for economic, sustainable, environmental, social and cultural growth.
For José Teixeira, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the dst group, this sculpture "is a homage of the University of Minho and its Institutes of Arts and Bio-Sustainability, a partnership between science and humanities, joined in tribute to Professor Vítor Aguiar e Silva, eminent person in culture and Portuguese universities and President of the jury of the dst Grand Award for Literature since its inception. But it is also a permanent and obvious symbol of a strategic thinking that one wants ambitious, innovative, bold, rigorous and enthusiastic". This tribute "involves institutions that have in their DNA multidisciplinary knowledge, investment in knowledge and innovation" and "are institutions that claim the principles of a circular economy in detriment of traditional linear economy, with a deep connection to research, the arts and humanities. In this context, it made perfect sense for us to translate in this tribute-piece the breadth of knowledge, including the most recent findings in the field of engineering", concludes the CEO of the dst group.