Small Grant for Exploratory Research: An Interactive Distance Video Workshop on Ethics in Modeling, to be held on October 28, 1994

这笔赠款将支持举办一个关于建模中的道德规范的远程互动视频讲习班。讲习班的目的是探索利用这一新技术作为一种手段，为开发模型的模型界、潜在用户和可能受模型使用影响的人，以及应用伦理学和建模学科：运筹学、统计学、管理科学和系统工程的教育工作者和研究人员，重点关注开发和使用计算机决策模型时的伦理问题。研讨会将有荷兰、马萨诸塞州、马里兰州和纽约四个地点的个人参加。研讨会的目标之一是找出使用这项技术的哪些互动模式将是最有效的。第二个研究目标是提高人们对模特涉及的伦理问题的认识、讨论和学术水平。为此，与会者将讨论四个案例。每个地点都将有一名主持人，研讨会将被录制下来进行分析。学员将完成研讨会前和研讨会后的问卷调查。主要调查人员将就调查结果编写一份报告。

This grant will support an interactive distance video workshop on Ethics in Modeling. The purpose of the workshop is to explore the use of this new technology as a means to focus attention on ethical issues in the development and use of computer-based decision models for the modeling community that develops models; the potential users and those who may be affected by the use of models; and educators and researchers in applied ethics and the disciplines of modeling: operations research, statistics, management science, and systems engineering. The workshop will involve individuals at four sites, in the Netherlands, Massachusetts, Maryland, and New York. One goal of the workshop is to find out what modes of interaction using this technology will be most effective. The second research goal is to generate awareness, discussion, and scholarship on the ethical issues involved in modeling. For this purpose, the participants will discuss four cases. Each site will have a facilitator, and the workshop will be videotaped for analysis. Participants will complete pre- and post- workshop questionnaires. The principal investigators will prepare a report on the findings.