Explaining the Components Affecting the Social Governance of Water with a Bioethics Approach

 Today, the emergence of ethical discourse in global water policy networks has led to key debates on how water ethics relates to other normative claims. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to provide a strategic model for social capacity building and socialization to water crisis issues; As most international studies and conferences have unanimously emphasized, the water crisis is a crisis of governance and water management rather than water scarcity.

 The present study was applied in terms of purpose and cross-sectional in terms of time domain. This study was conducted using the Delphi technique and using the panel of experts on the non-probability sampling method of the snowball type. Based on the nature of the subject, a sample size of 30 people was determined. To analyze the data, the method of structural equation modeling of causal relationships between variables was used with SmartPLS software 3.

Ethical Considerations:

 In compiling this research, preserving the originality of texts, honesty and fidelity have been observed, and the participants have cooperated with the knowledge of the objectives of the study.

 The results of path analysis showed that the highest impact was related to the structure of mutual commitment with an impact factor of 0.565 and the structure of cultural cohesion with a coefficient of 0.471. Mutual commitment will be one of the most important components affecting bioethics in the field of socio-cultural governance of water. Also, cultural cohesion and strengthening its tools by identifying factors affecting the consumption pattern reform in the family, education and mass media can be the basis for water governance.

 There is a relationship between individual and social commitment and responsibility and energy-saving behavior in water consumption, and by increasing the cognitive, emotional, behavioral tendencies of people towards water-saving, the excessive consumption in Iran can be reduced.