Ethics
Brief Description
Values-based decision making is an indispensable element within any set of disaster risk management and resilience building considerations. While a central focus in the field of EM is the reduction of human loss and suffering, the dynamic context of concentrated risks, diminishing resources and changing nature of hazards, exposures, and vulnerabilities require EM professionals to make difficult and unclear value-based choices.
The moral basis for action within the EM field has not yet been well established and articulated. Ethical matters are seldom clear in discourse, and as a result, are not thoroughly analyzed. This SIG answers the call to begin the dialogue. The collective discourse will not only move toward the formation of an EM ethical framework but will also consider how to best incorporate ethics instruction into EM education programs.
Ethics SIG Publications
Smith, S. M., & Feldmann-Jensen, S. (2024). Code of Ethics and Professional Standards of Conduct for Emergency Management Professionals. Journal of Emergency Management (Weston, Mass.), 22(1), 7-22
Feldmann-Jensen, S., Jensen, S., Slick, J. (2024) Case Studies in Disaster Response, Eds
Adams, A. (2021) The Ethics of Access and Equity in Emergency Management
Etkin, D., Feldmann-Jensen, S., Smith, S.M., & Jensen, S.J. (2016). Toward a Substantive Dialogue: The Case for an Ethical Framework in Emergency Management Part 2. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies 20(1)
Feldmann-Jensen, S., Jensen, S., Smith, S., & Etkin, D. (2016). Toward a substantive dialogue: the case for an ethical framework in emergency management, Part 1. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, 20(1), 45-47
SIG Co-Leads
Co-Lead – Meghan Dunn, Ph.D.
St. John’s University
dunnm1@stjohns.edu
Co-Lead – Andrea Adams, Esq.
University of the District of Columbia
andrea.adams@udc.edu
Sub-Committee Lead
Curriculum Development and Resources: Jen Classen
The Pennsylvania State University
jclassen@psu.edu
