Conventions to achieve safer design and reduce catastrophic and routine harm to the environment

Moulton, B

Conventions to achieve safer design and reduce catastrophic and routine harm to the environment

Moulton, B

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings - 2009 International Conference on Computer Engineering and Technology, ICCET 2009, 2009, 2 pp. 564 - 568
Issue Date:: 2009-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Moulton, B	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings - 2009 International Conference on Computer Engineering and Technology, ICCET 2009, 2009, 2 pp. 564 - 568	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780769535210	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/12393
dc.description.abstract	A principle of safe design is that it is preferable for a design to "eliminate" hazards, rather than manage" them. Some of the principles of safe design appear to be enacted in Australian legislation. In addition, tort law can hold designers liable for harm attributable to their actions and inactions. Designers' desire to avoid litigation most likely serves to curb extreme examples of reckless and harmful unsafe design. However, in many instances, it seems that designers who bring about "routine" harm tend not to be held liable. Nevertheless, when litigation does occur, the court ordinarily asks what a reasonable person in the position of the designer would have foreseen and done. In this context, it is proposed that safe design conventions may play two roles. First, such conventions may serve to influence designers in all countries to appreciate and adopt principles of safe design. Second, such conventions may help to provide courts with guidance as to what is expected of a reasonable person in the position of a designer. © 2009 IEEE.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings - 2009 International Conference on Computer Engineering and Technology, ICCET 2009	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/ICCET.2009.184	en_US
dc.title	Conventions to achieve safer design and reduce catastrophic and routine harm to the environment	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
dc.location.activity	Singapore	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHT - Health Technologies
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Abstract:

A principle of safe design is that it is preferable for a design to "eliminate" hazards, rather than manage" them. Some of the principles of safe design appear to be enacted in Australian legislation. In addition, tort law can hold designers liable for harm attributable to their actions and inactions. Designers' desire to avoid litigation most likely serves to curb extreme examples of reckless and harmful unsafe design. However, in many instances, it seems that designers who bring about "routine" harm tend not to be held liable. Nevertheless, when litigation does occur, the court ordinarily asks what a reasonable person in the position of the designer would have foreseen and done. In this context, it is proposed that safe design conventions may play two roles. First, such conventions may serve to influence designers in all countries to appreciate and adopt principles of safe design. Second, such conventions may help to provide courts with guidance as to what is expected of a reasonable person in the position of a designer. © 2009 IEEE.

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