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  • The Ethics of Acceptable Safety

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    Author(s)
    Habli, Ibrahim
    Kelly, Tim
    Macnish, Kevin
    Megone, Christopher
    Nicholson, Mark
    Rae, Drew
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Rae, Drew J.
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    Engineers of safety-critical systems have a duty to address ethical issues that may arise in the development, assessment, operation and maintenance of these systems. Dealing with ethical dilemmas during safety risk assessment is particularly challenging, especially when making and justifying decisions concerning risk acceptability. This is particularly complicated by organisational issues and contractual limits that do not necessarily align with the boundaries of ethical responsibility. In this paper, we explore some of these dilemmas and discuss the duties of engineers to identify, analyse and respond effectively to ethical ...
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    Engineers of safety-critical systems have a duty to address ethical issues that may arise in the development, assessment, operation and maintenance of these systems. Dealing with ethical dilemmas during safety risk assessment is particularly challenging, especially when making and justifying decisions concerning risk acceptability. This is particularly complicated by organisational issues and contractual limits that do not necessarily align with the boundaries of ethical responsibility. In this paper, we explore some of these dilemmas and discuss the duties of engineers to identify, analyse and respond effectively to ethical concerns about safety risk decisions. We illustrate these through short case studies that highlight particular issues relating to the ethics of safety advice, safety and cost tradeoffs, novel technologies and institutional support.
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    Conference Title
    Proceedings of the Twenty-third Safety-Critical Systems Symposium
    Publisher URI
    http://scsc.org.uk/e300
    Copyright Statement
    © 2015 Safety-Critical Systems Club. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the conference's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Engineering Practice
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/135604
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