Disaster Management Ethics - Trainer's Guide - 1st Edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 104 p.): TOPIC 5: Disaster declaration and response: 57. Ethical Issue #2

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

TOPIC 5: Disaster declaration and response

		(introduction...)
		54. Introduction
		55. Ethical issues
		56. Ethical Issue #1
		57. Ethical Issue #2
		58. Ethical Issue #3
		59. Ethical Issue #4
		60. Ethical Issue #5
		61. Ethical Issue #6
		62. Ethical Issue #7
		63. Deliberating ethical issues
		64. Factors influencing ethical deliberations
		65. Summary

57. Ethical Issue #2

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Power differentials in decision-making

Although broad participation may be reflected in the number of participants involved in decision-making processes, not everyone has equal power in the process. It is important to be sensitive to power differentials and make special efforts to listen to those most often excluded. Ask participants to give examples of inequitable power relations and identify the issues created by such inequity.