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.
Burden
Scope
F. Burden & load. How systems allocate the cost of operation or failure.
Genealogy
Ethotechnics uses Harm Internalization to extend the f. burden & load vocabulary and connect governance, design, and policy teams.
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}
}
RIS
TY - WEB
TI - Harm Internalization
AU - Ethotechnics Institute Research Team
PY - 2026
UR - https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/harm-internalization
ER -