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Ajay Kumar; Johnny Søraker |
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Ethics of Information Systems Design in Humanitarian Sector: Cultivating Humanitarian values among Technologists |
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2015 |
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ISCRAM 2015 Conference Proceedings ? 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2015 |
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Applied Ethics, Computer Ethics; Humanitarian Principles; Red Cross Code of Conduct; Value Sensitive Design |
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Ethical considerations have been an important part of the humanitarian discourse for decades. The short paper aims to present insights from the point of view of a technology practitioner with field experience in the humanitarian sector and emphasise on the need for continued dialogue about the importance of ethics in design of appropriate technology. The paper advocates for a value sensitive design approach to information systems design and proposes the need for increasing sensitivity towards the issues in technologist working in the area and draws an outline for possible future research. |
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University of Agder (UiA) |
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Kristiansand, Norway |
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L. Palen; M. Buscher; T. Comes; A. Hughes |
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2411-3387 |
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9788271177881 |
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Practitioner Cases and Practitioner-Centered Research |
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ISCRAM 2015 Conference Proceedings ? 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Ajay Kumar; Simeon Vidolov |
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Title |
Humanitarian Effectiveness: Reconsidering the Ethics of Community Engagement and the Role of Technology |
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2016 |
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ISCRAM 2016 Conference Proceedings ? 13th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2016 |
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Ethics of Intercorporeal Engagement; Humanitarian Effectiveness; World Humanitarian Summit |
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This position paper discusses the ongoing debate on the topic of humanitarian effectiveness and highlights the need to look at the structuring of the humanitarian system from an ethical point of view. The paper makes the argument that any community engagement with the affected population is a matter of ethics and dignity of those needs to be considered as a central focus to the discussion. The paper also discusses how the humanitarian system as a set of technology, tools & practises focusses on efficiency, and overshadows the issues of care by objectifying and turning the affected population into mere numbers. We discuss that technology and organisations are inter-twined and such a discussion of technology cannot be contemplated without considering the traditional institutional practises as a whole. |
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Federal University of Rio de Janeiro |
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil |
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A. Tapia; P. Antunes; V.A. Bañuls; K. Moore; J. Porto |
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2411-3425 |
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978-84-608-7984-46 |
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Ethical, Legal and Social Issues |
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13th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Zeno Franco; Chris Davis; Adina Kalet; Michelle Horng; Johnathan Horng; Christian Hernandez; Karen Dotson; Andrew Yaspan; Ajay Kumar; Bas Lijnse |
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Augmenting Google Sheets to Improvise Community COVID-19 Mask Distribution |
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2021 |
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ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Iscram 2021 |
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359-375 |
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Logistics, face masks, Google Sheets, modular software, community engagement |
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Face mask scarcity in the United States hindered early infection control efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Areas with a history of racial segregation and poverty experienced differential COVID-19 death and morbidity rates. Supplying masks equitably and rapidly became an urgent public health priority. A partnership between a local manufacturer with available polypropylene fabric and the Medical College of Wisconsin, which had the capability to assemble and distribute masks, was formed in April, 2020. An improvised logistics framework allowed for rapid distribution more than 250,000 masks, and later facilitated hand-off to other organizations to distribute over 3 million masks. Using an action research framework three phases of the effort are considered, 1) initial deliveries to community clinics, 2) equitable distribution to community agencies while under “safer at home” orders, and 3) depot deliveries and transfer of logistics management as larger agencies recovered. A multi-actor view was used to interrogate the information needs of faculty and staff remotely directing distribution, medical student volunteers delivering masks, and the manufacturer monitorng overall inventory. Logistics information was managed using Google Sheets augmented with a small SQLite component. A phenomenological view, toggling back and forth from the “socio” to the “technical” provides detailed insight into the strengths and limitations of digital solutions for humanitarian logistics, highlighting where paper-based processes remain more efficient. This case study suggests that rather than building bespoke logistics software, supporting relief efforts with non-traditional responders may benefit from extensible components that augment widely used digital tools. |
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Medical College of Wisconsin; Medical College of Wisconsin; Medical College of Wisconsin; Marquette University; Medical College of Wisconsin; Medical College of Wisconsin; Medical College of Wisconsin; Code for Milwaukee; University of Muenster; Netherlan |
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Virginia Tech |
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Blacksburg, VA (USA) |
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Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
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978-1-949373-61-5 |
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Disaster Public Health & Healthcare Informatics in the Pandemic |
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18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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