John,
I am considering interference complaints as "harm to society." In this
case someone is unable to communicate as needed due to an interfering
device. This can then lead to other consequences that accumulate in a
social, productivity, and monetary way.
Dave Cuthbert
Micron Technology
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John
Woodgate
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 11:14 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Request for info on CE Mark penalties
[email protected] wrote (in
<[email protected]>) about
'Request for info on CE Mark penalties', on Mon, 1 Aug 2005:
>the consideration of penalties is a form of consequentialist ethics
>that focuses on "us". A higher form (in my opinion) is to focus on the
>consequences to "the other." In this case, the other is society. As you
>know, the EMC limits are not arbitrary; they are based on the
>interference potential to EM communications. So one can consider that
>shipping a product that exceeds the EMC limits could potentially harm
>society.
An argument of this nature would be consistent with the public image of
the company concerned, I think.
>
>One can take this one step further and consider that a product that is
>under the EMC limits can still potentially harm society, but that it is
>not as harmful as a product that exceeds the EMC limits. In this case
>we can site rule based ethics by proclaiming that we meet the EMC rules
>and therefore we have done all that we are required to do. These two
>conflicting ethical positions could make for a long and interesting
>discussion.
The EMC limits are generally set with the objective in mind to reduce
interference complaints to a manageable minimum. The potential for a
compliant product harming society is, in most cases, very small indeed
and can really only occur in exceptional circumstances, such as victim
and source being unusually close together.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
Deadlines are 90% of deadliness.
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