Engaging with ethics and lived experience in decision-making
As part of the Arts Council England Board Environmental Champions programme, this next event brings the topic of ethical decision-making to the forefront of the creative climate action conversation.
In this session we’ll ask the question “How can we set pathways towards better futures, while managing the needs and risks of today?”
We’ll hear about complex trade offs, legal duties, and lived experience, in a session that sets a broader, more interconnected approach for how we might choose to navigate short- and long-term risks for cultural organisations that prioritise people and planet.
Much of a board’s role involves managing risks and uncertainty. While there are pressing organisational risks – from finance to workforce burnout – that must be managed with care, taking a long-term view of risks both now and in the future is vital to navigate unexpected changes. The best governance looks to the future, questions how to stay relevant and serve those who need us most. Cultural board members have the opportunity to embed values that enable your organisations to prioritise people, equity and planet, and to set critical pathways for change that centre justice and fairness.
In this session we’ll bring together a range of speakers to lend fresh perspectives on risk governance. Set in the context of the risks posed by the climate, nature and justice crisis, we’ll expand our view of risk governance, to consider risks and ethics in fundraising, new and emerging risks, and risks to people who make up our cultural community.
What You’ll Learn
During this session we invite you to:
- Think critically about how your organisation might develop approaches and structures to understand risk and navigate uncertainty
- Consider whose risks are included in decision making, and whose are not yet represented
- Think beyond business as usual, to consider risks that are unfolding into the future and those that require solidarity to overcome
Expect provocations around legal duties and ethical choices, to fuel discussions that aim to support you in navigating risks in the context of uncertainty, and to leave the session with ideas for how to take action towards a better future with confidence.
SPEAKERS & format
The session will feature three engaging speakers with the opportunity to engage in group participatory work. After hearing from three speakers you will be able to select a discussion group on your preferred topic to discuss practically how you might put governance structures in place to navigate risks.
Tom Ryalls, trustee at Unlimited and at Graeae, will share examples of governance models for managing risk from his work with disability arts organisations
Dr Selma Taysir Dabbagh, Mosaic Rooms, will share perspectives on navigating the complexity of risk in fundraising, balancing ethics and legal duties
Dr Dilpreet Virk, Kingston University (Lecturer in Law), who will share perspectives on AI, risk and governance, bringing in insights from legal and corporate governance
Join this engaging online session and leave with resourceful insights into these three topics:
- Ethical risks, fundraising and decision-making in uncertainty
- Risk management and inclusive governance in disability arts
- Technological risk and governance of AI
Please note, this session is only open to members of our Board Ethical Champions programme, JB’s free self-paced training programme. Applications to join are open now – sign up here.
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