The Performance of the Social Security Organization in Achieving Social Justice

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

habib alah karimian ¹ , majid badalivand ² , soroush fathi ³

1 - Azad university Garmsar branch
2 - PhD Student in Sociology (Political) Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar Branch, Semnan
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, West Tehran Branch, Tehran

Received: 2021-02-14 Accepted : 2021-04-10 Published : 2007-12-22

Keywords: Social Security Organization, Equal Access, Eligibility, Social Justie,

Abstract :

Social justice as one of the most important human ideals has long been considered by thinkers and experts, and inequality or the feeling of inequality is the most important factor in creating a sense of injustice. Inequality and the realization of justice have been created especially in the modern world of various institutions and organizations. The purpose of this study is to examine the sociological analysis of the role and position of the Social Security Organization on social justice. The present study is a cross-sectional study of the survey type. The statistical population of this study was all insured persons of the General Department of Social Security West of Greater Tehran from a sample of 385 people were selected by cluster sampling and simple random sampling. The information collected using SPSS software has been analyzed based on the amount of 12 service indicators of the Social Security Organization. The most important obligations and services are pension, disability pension, survivors' pension, unemployment insurance benefit, sickness compensation, Compensation is maternity pay, medical allowances, marriage allowances and burial allowances. Data analysis shows that 6.2% of the respondents know the role and position of social security in a very bad degree, 17.4% of the respondents in a moderate degree, 34.4% in a moderate degree, 27.4% in a good degree and 14.5% in a very good degree, so the majority of respondents know The status of social security is considered to be moderate, and practical measures to improve it seem necessary.