Ict in Disaster Managment

Question: Discuss about the Ict in Disaster Managment. Answer: Introduction The subject of this article is ethics in ICT or information and communication technology. Ethics is one of the most important factors in professional fields irrespective of the nature of profession. Information and communication technology is the most rapid-growing segment in which the professionals are deployed for the core sector of service. This article will depict case study in respect of ethical practices in the information and communication technology(Mishra, 2015). This report is based on a Case study on Kenya about their interaction with disasters, either man-made or nature made, and the consequential role of ICT to counter those disasters. The world is facing several disasters in recent years and they are being segmented as flood, famine, displacement of human being, ethnic clashes and different other calamities which cause loss of property and life and Kenya is one of the worst victims of those occurrence(MIC, 2006). This situations drive towards the need of the disaster management in Kenya which is being spearheaded by KRCS or Kenya red Cross Authority who took the responsibility of this task. The role of ICT can never be denied in this project. Description The Case Study The considered case study for the article is ICT IN Disaster Management a case study of Kenya Red Cross Society which was being submitted in the School of Journalism, University of Nairobi by Cherotich Mungou in November 2009(Management, 2009). In this case study the effort KRCS adopted to counter the disaster had been discussed with various impacts on different fields of activities along with special emphasis put on ICT domain. Our objective is to highlight the ethical issues involved in the case related to application of CIT in disaster management taken over by the KRCS for determination of the perfect application of the same to optimise the output of the effort. ICT is being described by Powell as the instrument to get the most possible benefit with the help of latest technologies which is being available through computers, audio and video which are being explored in different ways with the single focal point of supporting the technologies which can make the best support for computers, telephones and TV are being tied up with interconnection. The role of ICT in disaster management is mainly for the post-disaster development and rehabilitation issues. The necessary information is gathered through the technology and being used with the proper analysis of historic data of happenings through different sources stored in computers or in other social media. Thus the role of ICT is being derived through proper application to understand by means of past experience to initiate proper steps to ensure responses, with the need-based rescue, recovery and evacuation actions through trained teams by sharing the information in different level of stakeholders with the objective of minimise the losses related to property and life. ICT and Disaster Management Suda (2007) has depicted the effect of disaster generates the need of development in every level of affected, be it life or property(YAP, 2011). ICT Tools for Disaster Management Wattegama (2007) had emphasized the different channels for making effective warning for upcoming disaster in a quick and accurate way so far it is possible. The role of radio and television is being acknowledged as the most useful device for this purpose for warning of disaster as they are able to send the warning message to people in fast speed. The example of Tsunami in 2004 in Indian Ocean showed that many radio producers had initiated new digital radio alert systems even when the set is switched off. The role of telephone is playing a major contribution in this aspect by sending alert to the population for the disaster. The other instruments in the forms of SMS, cell broadcasting are also useful while to send alerts to the population for the disaster(ICT, 2008). ICT and Kenya Red Cross Society The Kenya Red Cross Society is playing a major role in disaster management with the help of introduction of proper ICT to alert the population to combat the disaster. The basic investment in the sector by KRCS had been made to install networking at the head quarters, regional and branch offices all over the country for better way of communicating between the offices(Daniel, 2013). Ethical Issues Related to ICT The ethical issues as highlighted by Mugenda and Mugenda (1999) had been considered in the case study related to ICT which are being given below:- Plagiarism and fraud- the author of the case study had not used any information from any other previous writer without making any proper acknowledgement to him. Moreover any fake data had been used for this case study to structure the methodology and findings(Wattegama, 2008). Voluntary participation- The author had asked for voluntary participation by the KRCS personnel for getting the information, the answers from the stakeholders for interview and the questionnaire set for this study. Preservation of information- The author had not made the information public, instead kept it private to ensure that the information suppliers should not feel humiliated with the information passed on to him to make the image of KRCS intact. The confidentiality of the information had been ensured with the assurance that the information will be used for academic purpose and not for other purposes(Manavalan, Mohanram, Ramakrishnan, 2010). Analysis and reporting- The case study had projected the merits and demerits of in the specified report along with highlighting the technical shortcomings and failures of the case study to make the reader understand while evaluating the work. Anonymity and privacy- During the course of this case study, the researcher had ensured that the respondents should have their information well secured by not publicising the name of them. The contributors of this study thus kept safe individually with their names being treated as private and confidential(Halder, 2016). with the above discussion on ethical issues related to the specified case study of Disaster Management , the ethical issues related to ICT is being emphasized which the professional of the core segment of ICT should follow. The main ethical issue is to ensure the safety and security of the personnel who supplied information for the case study(Cooper, Yeager, Burkle, Subbarao, 2015). Moreover the bad habits of plagiarism and fake information sharing are to be strictly avoided to prove the authenticity of ICT related performing areas. The areas of reporting should be maintained in such a way that the case study should reveal the positive and negative side of the study with further scope of improvement in the segment of the study. Conclusion The case study on disaster management in Kenya by the researcher, Cherotich Mungou had emphasized on the different aspects of the matter with the proper revelation for proper and timely impact for warning and the subsequent steps with the help of perfect participation by KRCS officials. The ethical issues on ICT are important in this aspect as the case study will help people for future steps to be taken to combat disaster to save life and property. 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