Ethical, social problems from the field experience of the Uttarakhand floods - contribution to Workshop
Kumar, Ajay; Mishra, Ghanshyam
Abstract
Ethical, legal and social issues (ELSI) are widely recognised as important in IT innovation for crisis response and management. However, attention often struggles to get beyond theorising basic concepts, when the realities of how difficulties and opportunities manifest are complex and practical. Unless these realities are understood, solutions to ELSI will remain at the surface, missing opportunities to responsibly and creatively leverage the potential of IT in disaster response. This workshop brings together narratives of lived experiences of ethical, legal, and social issues encountered in the context of IT innovation in disaster response, and analyses of normative, policy and regulatory backgrounds. In this editorial, we motivate this turn to narrative, summarise the contributions that will be presented on the day, and set out some key questions. |
Keywords
Computer Ethics; Disaster; Ethical; Humanitarian Principles; Legal and Social Issues; Value Sensitive Design
Publication type
Abstract in Online-Sammlung (Konferenz)
Peer reviewed
Yes
Publication status
Published
Year
2015
Conference
ELSI Narratives Workshop, ISCRAM 2015
Venue
Kristiansand
Book title
ELSI Narratives Workshop, ISCRAM 2015
Editor
Palen A. H. L., Buscher M, Comes T
Title of series
Technology in Disaster Response and Management: Narratives of Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues
Publisher
International Association for Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
Place
Kristiansand
Language
English
ISSN
2411-3387
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