John, 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. 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. Dave Cuthbert Micron Technology
_____ From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Tyra, John Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 7:20 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Request for info on CE Mark penalties Hello everyone, Does anyone have any good articles or website examples of the penalties for non- conformance for the CE Mark. I especially need examples for EMC violations to use to stress the seriousness and impact to business for some non regulatory people here who need some convincing. Thanks in advance for your help John Tyra Manager Product Safety Bose Corporation The Mountain, MS-450 Framingham, MA 01701-9168 Phone: 508-766-1502 Fax: 508-766-1145 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc