We explain what recognition is and its meaning in labor, social and legal matters. In addition, international and military recognition.
What is recognition?
With the word recognition we usually refer to the public, notorious and formal gratitude for someone's talents, efforts or outstanding traits, or the public and formal expression of gratitude for a favor or benefit received, or some celebrated achievement. It does not always designate a physical award (such as a diploma), but also the act of recognizing others for what they have achieved before the community in general, or before third parties.
The word recognition is composed of two voices with Latin roots, such as the prefix re- (“again” or “do something again”) and the verb know (“know”). However, its current meaning is more linked to the idea of admit, confess or do something notoriouspresent the meaning of the phrase “the thief admitted his crime.” Thus, by recognizing someone, we make others aware of their achievements, talents or good behavior.
Generally, for this type of use we speak of personal recognition, since it is delivered to a single person. However, it is also possible to grant recognition to an entire institution, a company or a community, and in those cases it will be institutional, corporate or community recognition, respectively. There are also other forms of recognition that we will see below.
Job recognition
Labor recognition is one that It is awarded for work carried out, that is, within the framework of work and the committed fulfillment of one's obligations..
It is common, for example, for companies to give recognition to their workers when they complete a certain period of work in the organization, as a way to motivate them and to publicly express the company's appreciation for the work carried out in a sustained manner for 10, 20 or 30 years of work career.
Social recognition
By social recognition we understand the individual approval or evaluation we receive from a specific groupafter a job well done or for having contributed a lot to the group. Social recognition is usually highly coveted by individuals and is very important during certain stages of life, such as adolescence. It is also what most artists aspire to.
From a slightly different point of view, There is also a social recognition that occurs between peers, no longer due to distinction, but rather due to belonging.that is, by conformity. We usually refer to this as acceptance: when in a group we are treated as equal to the rest, with a sense of belonging, we can precisely say that we enjoy the group's recognition, that is, that we are accepted.
Legal recognition
Legal recognition is a legal figure of acceptance, according to which a specific State or jurisdiction attests to the validity, truth and worth of consideration of a procedure, fact or decision administrative. Thus, by granting recognition, the public powers show themselves in accordance with what is recognized.
For example, States recognize as valid only certain types of bureaucratic procedures, or certain types of transactions that do not contradict the law, or even the professional qualification of an individual. Therefore, when emigrating, people with fourth-level studies must usually revalidate their university degree in the other country, that is, demonstrate its validity before the State to have its recognition and permission to formally practice their profession.
Another form of legal recognition is that which parents grant to their children, when presenting them to the State.. Children recognized in this way enjoy all the rights that the law establishes for heirs, while “natural” or unrecognized children must, as adults, prove their filiation if they wish to access those same rights, since they did not enjoy his moment of paternal recognition.
International recognition
In a similar way to the previous case, international recognition or diplomatic recognition refers to the right of States and governments to recognize (or not recognize) the actions of another, either in an express way (formal and frontal) or tacitly (by omission, that is, by lack of action).
This usually happens, for example, when a country becomes independent from another and establishes itself as an independent nation: its neighbors may recognize the new government and address it, or on the contrary ignore it and continue treating the young nation as if it were part of it. of the other.
Another common case is that of coups d'état, which establish new illegitimate governments and for that reason may not be recognized by the international community, as a way of expressing their discontent and disapproval of the illegitimate methods with which the de facto government acceded. to political power.
Military recognition
In the military arts, it is known as reconnaissance or scouting (reconfrom English) to a quick and light procedure aimed at obtaining information from the battlefield, before the arrival of the army. It is an intelligence task, carried out to know the enemy's intentions or the state of the battlefield, and thus be able to anticipate future problems or adapt one's own war strategy to the environment.
Military reconnaissance is carried out by scout or intelligence soldiers, trained in critical observation and analysis of the environment, such as observing the relief, environmental phenomena or neighboring populations. This clandestine work is, however, very different from counterespionage and surveillance work.
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References
- “Recognition” on Wikipedia.
- “Military recognition” on Wikipedia.
- “International recognition” on Wikipedia.
- “Legal recognition” on Wikipedia.
- “Recognition” in the Language Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy.
- “Radication of the word Recognition” in the Online Spanish Etymological Dictionary.
- “Recognition” in Legal Encyclopedia.
