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

这笔拨款将支持一个关于建模伦理的互动远程视频讲习班。讲习班的目的是探索使用这种新技术作为一种手段，将注意力集中在开发模型的建模社区开发和使用基于计算机的决策模型的伦理问题上；潜在用户和可能受模型使用影响的用户；以及应用伦理学和建模学科的教育工作者和研究人员：运筹学、统计学、管理科学和系统工程。讲习班将涉及荷兰、马萨诸塞州、马里兰州和纽约四个地点的个人。研讨会的一个目标是找出使用这种技术的交互模式将是最有效的。第二个研究目标是产生对建模中涉及的伦理问题的认识、讨论和学术研究。为此，参与者将讨论四个案例。每个地点都将有一名主持人，研讨会将被录影以供分析。参加者将完成研讨会前后的问卷调查。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.