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Ethics, consent & accountability · Working

Harm assessment

ELI5

A structured review of foreseeable risks, affected people, severity, mitigations and residual harm.

Used in conversation

“The production plan needs to address the harm assessment before work begins.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Harm assessment” in accessibility, localisation, ethics & ai conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains access, language adaptation, care, provenance and emerging synthetic-media responsibilities.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.