Position Papers, Policy Statements
Position Papers, Policy Statements
- Purpose clarity: What the guidance is for—governance, safety, fairness, performance, legitimacy.
- Authority & scope: Who issues it, who it applies to, what contexts are covered.
- Normative basis disclosure: The value commitments and ethical premises explicitly stated.
- Descriptive–normative separation: Facts vs values clearly separated; no smuggling.
- Problem definition precision: What harm/risk/goal it addresses; evidence support.
- Stakeholder mapping: Who benefits, who bears costs, who loses power, who enforces.
- Feasibility realism: Resources, capability, and institutional maturity required.
- Enforceability design: Monitoring, audits, sanctions, appeals, and incentives.
- Specificity of rules: Unambiguous language; definitions; edge cases handled.
- Trade-offs and externalities: Costs, second-order impacts, perverse incentives.
- Proportionality: Severity of rules aligned to risk and stakes.
- Consistency and coherence: No conflicts between principles; precedence rules.
- Review and revision mechanisms: Versioning, triggers for updates, deprecation.
- Abuse and capture risk: Policy weaponized, selectively enforced, or used as pretext.
- Measurement and compliance signals: How adherence is detected and verified (without Goodharting).
- Redress and due process: Appeals, exceptions, error correction.
- Communication integrity: Avoids propaganda tone; transparent about uncertainty and limits.