KBP S-Circle: Ethical Threshold in Knowledge-Based Practice

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KBP S-Circle: Ethical Threshold in Knowledge-Based Practice presents the S-window – a brief pause in professional action where ethical awareness may arise before decisions are made. The model may help describe how responsibility can appear, shift, or fade within a short moment of reflection, revealing conditions that influence whether insight becomes accountable practice. It suggests that institutional, relational, and contextual factors may support or block the visibility of responsibility in action. Red, yellow, and green response zones are used to illustrate how responsibility can close into defence, remain uncertain, or open into ethical engagement.

The S-Circle may serve as a bridge between individual reflection and structural accountability, offering a way to explore how knowledge, ethics, and documentation interact within public and educational contexts. As part of the Knowledge-Based Practice (KBP) Framework, it complements the Learning Circle, Recognition Circle, and Recognition–Reflection Framework by indicating the ethical threshold through which professional insight may become responsible action.

The model can be used for supervision, education, and organisational reflection — but not for evaluating or classifying individuals. It invites observation before judgment, reflection before reaction, and responsibility before routine.

Part of the community: Self-Matryoshka Analytical Framework (S-MAF) and Criteriology Research