Countering Bioterrorism: Why Smart Buildings Should Have a Code of Ethics

Herve Borrion; Timothy Mitchener-Nissen; Jonathon Taylor; Ka Man Lai

doi:10.1109/EISIC.2012.45

Countering Bioterrorism: Why Smart Buildings Should Have a Code of Ethics

Herve Borrion^*
, Timothy Mitchener-Nissen
, Jonathon Taylor
, Ka Man Lai

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Biology

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Abstract

This article examines some of the ethical issues that engineers face in developing bio-protection systems for smart buildings. An innovative approach based on four different containment strategies is used to identify these issues. Subsequent analysis shows that, whilst smart buildings have the potential to prioritize the safety of the group over that of individuals, the practical and ethical implementation of such containment strategies would require systems account for the uncertainty over the clinical state of each individual occupant.

Original language	English
Pages	68-75
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EISIC.2012.45
Publication status	Published - 22 Aug 2012
Event	2012 European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference, EISIC 2012 - Odense, Denmark Duration: 22 Aug 2012 → 24 Aug 2012

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Conference	2012 European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference, EISIC 2012
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Odense
Period	22/08/12 → 24/08/12

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Biological attacks
CRIMe model
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smart buildings

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