- From: Denise Wood <Denise_Wood@operamail.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 10:49:13 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
- Cc: harrry@email.com
> I agree that the attitudes of both companies and designers is > important but > it is a bit of a chicken and egg situation. Can I as a > designer morally or > legally rely on the "I was only following orders \" defence. You are absolutely correct Harry. I was not suggesting that only the commissioning body SHOULD be held responsible. I pointed out the HREOC decision only to make the point that the commissioning body needs to have a change in attitude and that in this case the Sydney Olympics legal case did not lead to a change in attitude or behavior of the commissioning organisation for the Salt Lake web site. Charles pointed out that the case did bring about a change in the behavior of he developers - my point is that the case did not appear to bring about a change in the behavior of the commissioning body. So I am not disputing that developers need to change as well (I made the point in my email response to Charles that "it is certainly beneficial if a designer/developer learns as a result of legal case") just that the legal argument fails to achieve the desired result if it fails to ALSO bring about a change in the behavior of the commissioning organisation. Note my previous email stated "we ALSO need to bring about a change in the attitudes of companies and organisations commissioning web sites - NOT JUST the designers/developers. So yes Harry we agree - both need to change not just the developers and not just the commissioning organisation. ------------------------------------------- Denise Dr Denise L Wood Lecturer: Professional Development (online teaching and learning) University of South Australia CE Campus, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000 Ph: (61 8) 8302 2172 / (61 8) 8302 4472 (Tuesdays & Thursdays) Fax: (61 8) 8302 2363 / (61 8) 8302 4390 Mob: (0413 648 260) Email: Denise.Wood@unisa.edu.au WWW: http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/staff/homepage.asp?Name=Denise.Wood
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