Week 11
Many of the resources you have already read relate to this topic. This reflects the fact that it is impossible to separate ethical issues from engagement methodologies and planning.
Ethical imperative for community engagement
- Boudjelas (2009) outlines ethical imperatives for community engagement for biosecurity management.
- Review in particular section 7.2.
- Boudjelas S. (2009). Public participation in invasive species management. In:
Clout M.N. and Williams P.A. (eds) Invasive species management: a
handbook of principles and techniques, pp 93-107. Oxford Biology
What does good community engagement mean?
- Aslin and Brown (2004) start with a discussion of this question. They emphasise the equally important roles of principles and process, to ensure effective
engagement and better outcomes.
- Aslin H.J. and Brown V.A. (2004) Towards whole of community engagement: A
practical toolkit Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Canberra.
Accessed in July 2010.
Review - responding to difference
- In order to help frame the goals and intentions of your ethics protocol of community engagement, you may want to review Kenny (2007), pp273-301
- Kenny S. (2007). Chapter 8: "Understanding and responding to
difference", pp273-301, Developing Communities for the Future.
Nelson Australia.
Your research
- Implicit in the recommended readings and sources you have independently identified, are
recommendations for ethical and effective
community engagement.
1. Review your notes and previously read literature to ensure you have a thorough foundation for your ethics protocol.