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APS Box — Responsibility Does Not Disappear When It Is Distributed
APS Box — Responsibility Does Not Disappear When It Is Distributed
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Created: 16 July 2026
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Revised: 16 July 2026
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since 16 July 2026 · Revised 16 July 2026.
When outcomes arise through multiple agents, roles, procedures, technologies, and institutions, responsibility may become differentiated across several organisational locations. Complexity does not make responsibility vanish. Moral Evaluation must consider who acted, who omitted, who designed, who authorised, who benefited, who could intervene, and which structures helped sustain the resulting consequences.