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Communication praxis for ethical accountability: the ethics of the Tree of Action: dialogue and breaking down the wall in Cyprus

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  • Y. Laouris
  • R. Laouri
  • Aleco Christakis

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This paper proposes the thesis that it is unethical to plan an action for social change without excavating the knowledge and wisdom of the people who are responsible for implementing the plans of action and the people whose lives will be affected. But the people, being immersed in contemporary complexity, do not know what they know until they know it as a consensus emerging from structured dialogue among a group which represents all stakeholders. We argue that the science of dialogic design may be used to achieve such an emergence. As a consequence, it satisfies the Özbekhan Axiom of Engagement and the Laouris Law of Requisite Action. The paper elaborates for the first time on the ethics of the ‘Tree of Action’, which some stakeholders participating in co‐laboratories have called the ‘Tree of Life’. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Y. Laouris & R. Laouri & Aleco Christakis, 2008. "Communication praxis for ethical accountability: the ethics of the Tree of Action: dialogue and breaking down the wall in Cyprus," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(2), pages 331-348, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:srbeha:v:25:y:2008:i:2:p:331-348
    DOI: 10.1002/sres.890
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    1. Yiannis Laouris, 2023. "Method to integrate asynchronously produced individual influence maps into an extrapolated population influence map following the face‐to‐face stage of a structured democratic dialogue," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(3), pages 437-450, May.
    2. Laouris, Yiannis & Michaelides, Marios, 2018. "Structured Democratic Dialogue: An application of a mathematical problem structuring method to facilitate reforms with local authorities in Cyprus," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 268(3), pages 918-931.
    3. Yiannis Laouris & Marios Michaelides & Mustafa Damdelen & Romina Laouri & Derya Beyatli & Aleco Christakis, 2009. "A Systemic Evaluation of the State of Affairs Following the Negative Outcome of the Referendum in Cyprus Using the Structured Dialogic Design Process," Systemic Practice and Action Research, Springer, vol. 22(1), pages 45-75, February.

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