Knowing
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Harm results when there is a failure to provide relevant information that could have a significant impact on an individual's well-being or decision-making process.
O'Neill's 'integrity' requires that agents not only refrain from causing harm but also provide accurate and complete information to those affected by their actions. (cf. informed consent in medical and research ethics)
"Epistemic injustice" highlights that withholding or manipulating information can be a form of oppression that undermines the agency and well-being of marginalized groups.
Fricker, Miranda. Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
This idea of "hermeneutical injustice" can apply to animals (and to other living beings? how?).
Podosky, Paul-Mikhail. ‘Hermeneutical Injustice and Animal Ethics: Can Nonhuman Animals Suffer from Hermeneutical Injustice?’ Journal of Animal Ethics 8, no. 2 (2018): 216–28. https://doi.org/10/gnj7jx.
An information-focused perspective (information here is a colloquial term) on harm in ethics emphasizes the importance of transparency and honesty in relationships and social institutions.