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Ethics Underpinning Data Policy in Crisis Situations

Open Access
|Jan 2025

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Ethical concerns for crisis data policies during emergency stages.

EMERGENCY STAGESETHICAL CONCERNS IN CRISIS DATA POLICIES
Prevention andPreparedness
  • Data scarcity/maintenance of effective data flow

  • Data integrity and reliability

Response
  • Data resource allocation for the maximized efficiency

  • Interoperability

Recovery
  • Data literacy

Table 2

Matrix of Open Science core values & crisis data ethics mapping.

OPEN SCIENCE CORE VALUESPRAGMATIC WAYS TOWARD CRISIS DATA ETHICS GOVERNANCE
RIGHT BASED RULESHUMAN-CENTERED APPROACHINTEROPERABLE DATA INFRASTRUCTURETRUSTWORTHY ECOSYSTEM
Quality and integrity
Collective benefit
Equity and fairness
Diversity and inclusiveness
Flexibility
Table 3

Data actions as per artificial intelligence adoption in emergencies.

EMERGENCY STAGESUSE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Preparedness
  • Data analysis and planning: Analyzing existing data using datasets from past crises can help determine possible scenarios, contributing to developing strategic planning and intervention strategies.

  • Simulations: Alternative simulations can assist in predicting the most effective and efficient intervention methods for various scenarios, supporting the rapid decision-making process during an actual crisis.

  • Resource management: In identifying and quickly procuring necessary resources, AI can provide support through data analysis and prediction models.

Response
  • Data flow analysis: In situations where data flow is limited, the ability to make assumptions based on previously collected and stored data is limited. This contributes to making quick and effective decisions based on reliable information.

  • Data reliability: In cases where data is unreliable and inconsistent, AI can help uncover reliable information by continuously and accurately analyzing the data.

  • Decision simulations: The ability to simulate the possible outcomes of decisions made during a crisis, determining the most efficient and effective results.

Recovery
  • Damage detection: AI can detect damage and prioritize rehabilitation using data analysis and simulations.

  • Damage compensation: AI can provide recommendations on rehabilitation strategies and assist in restoring the process with the least damage.

  • Interaction analysis: By evaluating the interactions created by crisis management steps in different areas, AI can assist in considering cross-sectoral effects.

  • Data literacy: Capacity building based on the knowledge, information, best practices, and lessons learned from the crisis process for better preparedness of ethical data work in the future.

Prevention
  • Based on the data actions above, disaster mitigation establishes a resilient ethical crisis data framework to ensure the involving, dynamic, and intelligible process of data throughout different stages.

Language: English
Submitted on: May 30, 2024
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Accepted on: Dec 26, 2024
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Published on: Jan 27, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Perihan Elif Ekmekci, Lili Zhang, Francis P. Crawley, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.