AI GOVERNANCE ADVISORY
Establish clear authority, boundaries and oversight for AI use.
Ethos Advisory helps boards and executive teams make and document the decisions that govern AI use, then translate those decisions into practical arrangements for management to operate and leadership to oversee. The work is tailored to the organisation's circumstances, whether AI is being introduced, expanded or is already operating.
AI use can outpace the arrangements governing it
Organisations may already have AI policies, capable technology teams and established risk management processes. Introducing new capabilities, extending existing uses or delegating responsibility for AI can nevertheless raise questions about the authority and boundaries within which those arrangements operate.
Ethos helps leadership determine whether existing governance arrangements remain appropriate and establish or strengthen them where necessary.
The decisions leadership needs to make
Effective AI governance depends on decisions about authority, acceptable use, evidence and oversight. Depending on the organisation's circumstances, Ethos can help leadership address questions including:
PERMITTED USE
What may AI be used for, and what requires approval?
HUMAN JUDGEMENT
Which decisions must remain with people?
BOUNDARIES
What information and activities are outside acceptable limits?
ESCALATION
What issues must reach the chief executive?
EVIDENCE
What must be demonstrated before AI can be relied upon?
OVERSIGHT
What information and assurance should the board receive?
Governance arrangements leadership can use
An Advisory engagement translates leadership decisions into documented arrangements that provide direction for the organisation and a basis for ongoing oversight.
AI MANDATE
Documented authority, permitted uses and boundaries for AI use.
ACCOUNTABILITY AND DECISION RIGHTS
Defined responsibilities, approval authorities and escalation arrangements for AI use.
GOVERNANCE POLICIES AND REQUIREMENTS
Practical requirements for approving, using and overseeing AI.
EVIDENCE AND REPORTING
Expectations for demonstrating that AI uses are suitable for reliance and for keeping leadership informed.
The specific deliverables are agreed with the organisation before work begins.
Independent advice for decisions that matter.
Ethos Advisory provides governance advice independently of technology vendors and implementation interests. Management remains responsible for adopting and operating its governance arrangements. Ethos does not subsequently provide independent assurance over arrangements it has substantively designed.
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