Ethical considerations of using system dynamics in participatory settings: a social-ecological-systems perspective

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System Dynamics Review Pub Date : 2023-11-29 DOI:10.1002/sdr.1755

Henry Amorocho-Daza, Pieter van der Zaag, Janez Sušnik

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The social-ecological systems (SES) approach elicits a broad understanding of some of the most pressing socionatural challenges (e.g. resource scarcity, biodiversity loss, and climate change) and the responsibility that humans have in addressing them. System dynamics has proven a powerful paradigm for dealing with complex SES-related issues. Here we discuss some ethical considerations of using system dynamics (SD) to model SES, something that is often either overlooked or discussed as an isolated issue. Sustainable development and human rights are used as ethical standpoints across the modelling cycle, opening the discussion around guiding principles that need to be considered when modelling SES. Based on these, a set of guiding ethical questions are identified and classified across a participatory SD modelling cycle. This structured approach is a simple yet potentially useful tool for SD practitioners to examine the ethical implications of their modelling endeavours in the context of grand societal challenges. © 2023 The Authors. System Dynamics Review published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of System Dynamics Society.

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在参与式环境中使用系统动力学的伦理考虑:社会生态系统的观点

社会生态系统(SES)方法促使人们对一些最紧迫的社会自然挑战(如资源稀缺、生物多样性丧失和气候变化)以及人类在应对这些挑战方面的责任有了广泛的理解。系统动力学已被证明是处理复杂的ses相关问题的强大范例。在这里，我们讨论一些使用系统动力学(SD)对SES建模的伦理考虑，这通常被忽视或作为一个孤立的问题进行讨论。可持续发展和人权被用作整个建模周期的道德立场，开启了围绕在SES建模时需要考虑的指导原则的讨论。在此基础上，在参与式可持续发展建模周期中确定并分类了一系列指导性道德问题。这种结构化的方法是一种简单但潜在有用的工具，可供可持续发展从业人员在重大社会挑战的背景下检查他们的建模工作的伦理影响。©2023作者。John Wiley &出版的《系统动力学评论》;儿子有限公司代表系统动力学学会。

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期刊介绍： The System Dynamics Review exists to communicate to a wide audience advances in the application of the perspectives and methods of system dynamics to societal, technical, managerial, and environmental problems. The Review publishes: advances in mathematical modelling and computer simulation of dynamic feedback systems; advances in methods of policy analysis based on information feedback and circular causality; generic structures (dynamic feedback systems that support particular widely applicable behavioural insights); system dynamics contributions to theory building in the social and natural sciences; policy studies and debate emphasizing the role of feedback and circular causality in problem behaviour.