What aspects of organizational behavior will facilitate the adoption of Accessible Design principles?
Research conducted at the Trace Center (n.d.) indicates that the fundamentally competitive nature of commercial product development will serve to facilitate the adoption of accessible design principles. That is, once some companies expand their target markets and increase profits by producing more accessible products, other companies will feel pressure to fall into step. In a similar vein, the aversion to litigation shared by all companies will compel organization leaders to investigate and improve the compliance of their products with federal regulations in order to prevent getting sued (Trace Center, n.d.). Finally, the ongoing research efforts in industry to produce more advanced products may contribute to increased awareness of accessible design and its implications for improved profits. Increased awareness may be one of the most important facilitators of the adoption of accessible design principles in design (Hartley, 1999). European Commission. (1998). Design for all and ICT busi
