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Building ethical awareness to strengthen co-production for transformation

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ID6454545
AuthorsStefan Partelow (0000-0002-7751-4005, Life & Brain (Germany)), Christopher Luederitz (0000-0002-7873-4229, McGill University), Ying-Syuan Huang (0000-0003-0148-6260, McGill University), Henrik Von Wehrden (0000-0003-2087-5552, Leuphana University of Lüneburg), Christiane Woopen (0000-0002-7148-6808, Life & Brain (Germany))
Year2024
Volume20
Issue1
Pages307-314
Publication date2024-11-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSustainability Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1862-4057 • E-ISSN: 1862-4065
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s11625-024-01582-7
OpenAlexW4404215833
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited38

Awareness of different ethical theories can support transformation-oriented researchers in navigating value-based decisions in co-production. We synthesize and explicitly link the literature on co-production and ethical theories in philosophy to initiate this awareness. Four key decision points in co-production projects are outlined that require value-based actions: (1) what to focus on, (2) who to include, (3) how to co-create and (4) how to continue. To discuss how project actions can be examined from different ethical perspectives, we synthesize the claims of four ethical theories and discuss them in the context of co-production project choices. The four ethical theories are: deontological ethics, utilitarianism, contractualism and virtue ethics. Overall, we argue for embracing pluralistic ethical perspectives when navigating decisions in co-production projects

Biology · Business · Economics · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Landscape ecology · Political science · Production (economics · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Transformation (genetics · Engineering · Environmental Science · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Law · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Ecology

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