Disaster Management Ethics - Trainer's Guide - 1st Edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 104 p.): TOPIC 2: Providing humanitarian assistance to displaced populations and refugees: 27. Ethical Issue #3

Disaster Management Ethics - Trainer's Guide - 1st Edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 104 p.)

TOPIC 2: Providing humanitarian assistance to displaced populations and refugees

		(introduction...)
		21. Introduction
		22. Three types of ethical dilemmas
		23. Ethical issues
		24. More ethical issues
		25. Ethical Issue #1
		26. Ethical Issue #2
		27. Ethical Issue #3
		28. Ethical Issue #4
		29. Ethical Issue #5
		30. Ethical Issue #6
		31. Ethical Issue #7
		32. Ethical Issue #8
		33. Ethical Issue #9
		34. Ethical Issue #10
		35. Summary

27. Ethical Issue #3

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Maintaining "neutrality" or working on only one side of a conflict

Relief agencies may choose to work on all sides of the conflict, arguing that this demonstrates impartiality and enables them a fuller perspective. Such an approach may generate distrust and hostility from all, although it can provide substantial levers for supplying assistance. The advantage of working on one side only is the need to convince only one party; this is most effective when the agency's beneficiaries are allied to the authorities of that party.