...Maciej Pawlik Purpose This commentary argues that the absence of a clear ethical threshold for intervention in disaster and humanitarian contexts produces injustice. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on Death Note, the Japanese manga, as an analytical lens, this commentary presents...

...Ryo Tsuchida; Shiho Azuma Purpose This study examines how disaster-related fieldworkers can write and engage ethically from within the lived difficulty of “being in a quandary” during post-disaster engagement. Focusing on the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan...

...) politicisation, instrumentalisation, disaster diplomacy, ethics, humanitarian principles, disaster risk reduction, peacebuilding and conflict sensitivity. Findings This analysis underscores the importance of advocating that disasters are not natural, especially in conflict-affected areas. However...

...' responsibilities in the context of project closure, what authors call “an ethics of the temporary”. The authors offer this as an orienting ethical ideal to facilitate the moral imagination of humanitarian planners, practitioners and stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach The authors drew on recent...

...Sarah Beaven; Djillali Benouar; Mihir Bhatt; Terry Gibson; Lori Peek Purpose This conversation presents the reflections from five prominent disaster scholars and practitioners on the opportunities and challenges associated with research following disasters and explores the importance of ethics...

... individual projects and organizational networks. The article draws from an extended collaboration between researchers from multiple countries and disciplines in a working group, which aimed at exploring ethics, participation and power in disaster management. Design/methodology/approach Under responsible...

...Nimesh Dhungana Purpose The growing prominence of disaster research has also prompted vibrant discussions about the motivation and ethical conduct of disaster researchers. Yet, the individual researchers' aspirations and aims, together with the challenging and changing circumstances under which...

...Dónal P. O’Mathúna; Matthew R. Hunt Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the ethical dimensions of crisis translation through the lenses of Paul Ricoeur’s philosophical scholarship. In particular, his work on both translation and ethics will be examined in order to draw practical...

...Sara Kathleen Geale Purpose Ethics is the foundation on which societies and cultures are based and are fundamental to political, social and economic decision making. Ethical dilemmas have created controversy and heated debate over the years. Disasters have been defined in public health terms...

... contested meanings, it generally conveys the sense of purposeful enquiry about one's professional conduct, ethics and decision making. Fire fighting labor is no longer blue collar, and firefighters in western fire fighting agencies require increasingly complex capabilities and accountabilities. Could...

... to significant ethical uncertainty which requires emergency managers, industrial leaders, and political decision makers to reformulate the manner in which expert knowledge is developed and applied to the tasks of risk reduction and public safety. In assessing the challenges posed by surprise or unexpected...

... spillage. More recent examples have been the King’s Cross Underground station disaster, the Clapham railway disaster, the Herald of Free Enterprise, the Bow Belle on the river Thames, and the Lyme canoeing tragedy. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Whistleblowing Disasters Ethics...