{"id":586,"date":"2026-02-28T18:22:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/?page_id=586"},"modified":"2026-02-28T19:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:54:16","slug":"non-maleficence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/index.php\/non-maleficence\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-maleficence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Purpose: <\/strong>To ensure that AI tools are designed, deployed and operated in ways that actively reduce harm, minimise foreseeable risks, and avoid causing physical, psychological or institutional damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\" border=\"1\">\n  <thead style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\">\n    <tr>\n      <th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; width: 30%; border-bottom: 2px solid #ccc;\">Organisational \/ Technical<\/th>\n      <th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; width: 70%; border-bottom: 2px solid #ccc;\">Measure<\/th>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/thead>\n  <tbody>\n    <tr>\n      <td colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding: 12px; background-color: #e6f7ff; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>A. Harm identification and risk awareness<\/strong><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>BOTH<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Potential harms associated with the AI system (direct and indirect) have been identified and documented before deployment of tool<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>ORG<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Harm assessments consider multiple dimensions of impact (e.g. safety, dignity, fairness etc)<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>BOTH<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Risks are reviewed not only at design stage but also when contexts, data or usage patterns change<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>ORG<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Organisation has a clear, accessible definition of \u201charm\u201d in the system specific use context<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding: 12px; background-color: #e6f7ff; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>B. Human responsibility and intervention<\/strong><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>BOTH<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Human staff are aware of duties to intervene when the tool produces outputs that may cause harm<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>ORG<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Clear guidance exists on when and how human intervention should occur in response to harmful or unsafe outcomes<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>ORG<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Responsibility for monitoring harm indicators and responding to them is explicitly assigned<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n\n    <tr>\n      <td colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding: 12px; background-color: #e6f7ff; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>C. Monitoring, learning and continuous improvement<\/strong><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>TECH<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Ongoing monitoring track indicators related to harm and unintended consequences over an extended time period<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>BOTH<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Feedback from affected users or stakeholders is systematically collected and reviewed<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>ORG<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Identified harms, near-misses or emerging risks lead to documented corrective actions and system improvements<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>ORG<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Risk mitigation practices are periodically reassessed<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AIOLIA-D3.1-certified.pdf\">AIOLIA deliverable 3.1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purpose: To ensure that AI tools are designed, deployed and operated in ways that actively reduce harm, minimise foreseeable risks, and avoid causing physical, psychological or institutional damage. 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