The development and utilisation of new information and communication technologies presents opportunities and risks, which bring ethical issues to the forefront. Any attempt to minimise the potential negative consequences to individuals, organisations and society resulting from the use of these technologies is challenging. In order to address these challenges, this paper presents an ethics-by-design approach that has been developed and implemented in the context of Decision Supports Systems for Emergency Management. Such systems help manage large and cross-border disasters by supporting decision makers to respond on emergencies in a reasonable way by taking follow-up actions into account. The approach taken in this paper specifically provides means to support the ethical dimensions of these decisions. Actions taken during disasters can have ramifications that persist long after a disaster has passed. The ethics-by-design approach presented here not only informs the design of systems, but also considers the role and training of the decision makers in the design process. The paper builds on the literature on ethics in information systems and makes a contribution to theory by providing a framework to ensure ethical considerations are embedded into the design of systems.

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将设计伦理应用于应急管理决策支持系统的框架

新信息和通信技术的开发和利用带来了机遇和风险，这将伦理问题推到了最前沿。任何试图尽量减少因使用这些技术而对个人、组织和社会造成的潜在负面影响的尝试都是具有挑战性的。为了应对这些挑战，本文提出了一种设计伦理方法，该方法是在应急管理决策支持系统的背景下开发和实施的。此类系统通过支持决策者通过考虑后续行动以合理的方式应对紧急情况来帮助管理大型和跨境灾难。本文中采用的方法具体提供了支持这些决策的道德维度的方法。在灾难期间采取的行动可能会在灾难过去很长时间后产生影响。这里介绍的道德设计方法不仅为系统设计提供信息，而且还考虑了决策者在设计过程中的作用和培训。本文以信息系统伦理学文献为基础，通过提供一个框架来确保将伦理考虑嵌入到系统设计中，从而对理论做出贡献。