1. Gleanings of Graduate Research: Ethics is Fundamental to Emergency Management Denise Reeves, MS Joshua Standridge, MS Sandy M. Smith, RN; PhD Arkansas Tech University

2. Overview Emergency Management Philosophy/Mission Ethical Underpinnings of Emergency Management 2013-14 ATU Graduate Research Studies

3. Emergency Responders’ Perspectives on Ethics of Triage Ethical principles commonly utilized during disasters – Autonomy – Beneficence – Justice

4. Emergency Responders’ Perspectives on Ethics of Triage Fundamental values that impact the triage process – Values of human life and dignity

5. Emergency Responders’ Perspectives on Ethics of Triage Emergency Response Triage Challenges

6. Emergency Responders’ Perspectives on Ethics of Triage Topics identified for future research – Inclusion of ethics in training – Ethical implications of triage categories

7. Emergency Responders’ Perspectives on Ethics of Triage Case studies

8. Preparedness of Disabled Populations During Fire Evacuations At Arkansas’ Four Year Universities

9. Protecting Human Dignity Paramount importance during disasters Human dignity requirements – Meet safety needs of disabled students – Area of Refuge

10. University Court Cases Murray State University Arizona State University

11. Egress Model

12. Distributive Justice Application to Emergency Management – a) Emergency Managers – b) Disabled – c) Evacuation – d) Distributive Justice Principle

13. EM Exercise Creative Problem-Solving

14. Ethics is Fundamental Common ethical principles discovered within research findings of graduate research conducted during 2013-2014 Justice Beneficence Values: Human Dignity & Life

15. Ethics is Fundamental Understanding and becoming comfortable with various ethical principles informs emergency managers’ ways of being

16. Ethics in Emergency Management Avenues for incorporating ethics case studies within the curriculum Case studies that emerge from classroom discussions Example case studies for exploring ethical principles and values

17. Ethics in Emergency Management Lingering Questions??