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Disaster Management Ethics (Pre-Disaster or Preventive phase…
Disaster Management Ethics
Pre-Disaster or Preventive phase
responsibility of a govt to develop capabilities to prevent/reduce the risk e.g. early warning mechanism
Media => constructive role in identifying/highlighting issues =>awareness
Industries and corporate => opt for EIA
Scientific Communities => innovate, Intelligentsia => keep govts accountable, remind them about pending calamity.
Disaster or Early Response phase
Govts => timely, rapid and effective intervention
International Community => intervene if human right violation
Victims=> equitable, non-discriminatory disaster relief and recovery aid, respect of dignity, prioritise women’s welfare
Rescue workers=> high level of devotion towards duty and high emotional intelligence
Post-Disaster or Rehabilitation phase
UNDP (1997), a disaster response should prevent future disasters and decrease vulnerability of the victims
Ethically legitimate strategy =>which helps victims to achieve their own long-term development.
Ethical Dilemmas
Choices between options with conflicting merits and costs. (remedy: professional training)
How to act when values of intended beneficiaries clash with those of humanitarian institutions. (remedy: participation and empowerment)
Moral conflicts within a hierarchy of moral obligations. e.g. sanctity of life vs military and political interests, which often serve as excuses for inaction.
Role of Media
Dissemination of info for community & victims
Info => survivors make informed decisions => avoid misinformation/ false reports
Privacy & autonomy => CoC for International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief (1995) => in info, publicity and advertising => victims recognised as dignified humans