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Harm Internalization

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Designing systems so creators and operators bear the costs of failures instead of externalizing them to users or society.

Definition

Designing systems so creators and operators bear the costs of failures instead of externalizing them to users or society. Harm internalization improves fair burden distribution and prevents externalization.

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Example corpus

  • A vendor funds remediation and user support when their model causes harm.

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v1.1.0

Last updated

Jan 9, 2026

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APA

Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. (2026). Harm Internalization. Ethotechnics glossary. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/harm-internalization

MLA

Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Harm Internalization." Ethotechnics glossary, 2026, https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/harm-internalization.

Chicago

Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Harm Internalization." Ethotechnics glossary. Jan 9, 2026. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/harm-internalization.

BibTeX

@misc{glossary_harm-internalization,
  title={Harm Internalization},
  author={Ethotechnics Institute Research Team},
  year={2026},
  howpublished={Ethotechnics glossary},
  url={https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/harm-internalization},
  version={v1.1.0}
}

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TY  - WEB
TI  - Harm Internalization
AU  - Ethotechnics Institute Research Team
PY  - 2026
UR  - https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/harm-internalization
ER  -

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Contact: research@ethotechnics.org

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  • Published: Dec 3, 2025
  • Last updated: Jan 9, 2026
  • Version: v1.1.0
  • DOI: Pending Zenodo deposit

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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Changelog

  • v1.1.0 · 2026-01-09 — Expanded scholarly metadata, operational tests, and provenance notes.
  • v1.0.0 · 2025-12-03 — Initial glossary release with stable permalinks.