Ethics and the Simulation Facilitator: Taking your Professional Role Seriously. (June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: de Wijse-van Heeswijk, Marieke
• Other Names: Leigh Elyssebeth guest-editor.; Likhacheva Elena guest-editor.; Tipton Elizabeth guest-editor.; de Wijse-van Heeswijk Marieke guest-editor.; Zürn Birgit guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Simulation & gaming. Volume 52:Number 3(2021)
• Page Start: 312
• Page End: 332
• Publication Date: 2021-06
• Subjects: facilitation -- ethics -- complexity -- reflection -- socio technical systems -- open and closed simulation games; Social sciences -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Simulation methods -- Periodicals; Game theory -- Periodicals; Sciences sociales -- Étude et enseignement -- Périodiques; Simulation, Méthodes de -- Périodiques; Jeu de rôle -- Périodiques; Éducation; Jeu d'entreprise; Jeu de simulation; Méthode de simulation; Sciences sociales; Théorie des jeux; Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 003.3
• DOI: 10.1177/10468781211015707
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1046-8781

Abstract

Background: When selecting, managing, and debriefing simulations, facilitators wishing to maintain appropriate standards, face demanding ethical challenges especially in learning contexts. Aim: This article considers why facilitators need to attend to ethical issues in facilitating simulation games. Issues examined include the influence ofcomplexity in socio-technical system simulation games, perceptions of both facilitator and participants' behaviors by including belief systems. Intervention: A multidisciplinary integrative view of ethicalfacilitation from a reflective perspective has been used in this article. Method: Literature, interviews and case descriptions were employed to examine what might constitute ethicalfacilitation . Results: A three layered framework of perspectives on ethicalfacilitation is proposed and two case study examples are used to describe its application. Further research is being conducted on facilitator tools for dealing with ethical issues. Conclusions: While ethicalfacilitation is undoubtedly complex, tangible perspectives with scientific foundations can be established and applied on the continuum of open and closed simulation games.