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D7.L4.03ACTIVESTABLED7 Ethics, governance and professional practice · L4 Advanced

Establish how concerns and dissent about AI use are heard and acted on.

Type Practice · introduced in version 1.29

Performance indicators

Normative. These state what would be observed in a person who holds the statement.

Provides a route that does not depend on the goodwill of the subject of the concern
Records concerns and their outcomes
Protects those who raise them
Evidence examples

Non-normative. Illustrative of evidence an awarding body might accept; not a required form.

A worked artefact produced in the course of normal duties, with the reasoning recorded at the time
Attestation by a competent supervisor against the indicators above, not against a general impression
Relationships

Assumes

Statements a candidate is taken to hold already. Never at a higher level than this one.

D7.L2.05

Raise a concern about an AI use they believe to be wrong.

Assumed by

Derived inverse. Statements that take this one as given.

No published statement assumes this one at version 1.29.

Related

Cross-domain relationships, stated in both directions and typed in the content model.

D1.L4.01

Establish which classes of work the organisation will and will not apply AI to.

D4.L4.02

Define accountability for the output of automated AI workflows.

D6.L4.02

Define the thresholds at which a system may enter, remain in, or must be withdrawn from use.

D6.L4.04

Hold accountable those responsible for assurance evidence, including where evidence is absent.

D8.L4.04

Lead response to an incident in which an AI system caused or enabled harm.

Referenced by

Entries on the register of conformance claims whose coverage map cites this statement.

No entry on the register cites this statement. This block is populated from the coverage maps of register entries as they are listed.

Provenance
IntroducedVersion 1.29
Last modifiedNot modified since introduction
Statusactive · stable
Version displayedv1.29
Permanent URLaicertificationstandards.org/framework/statements/D7.L4.03
Cite this statement

AI Certification Standards (2026) AICF D7.L4.03, D7 Ethics, governance and professional practice, version 1.29. Available at aicertificationstandards.org/framework/v1.29/statements/D7.L4.03 (accessed date).

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This page displays version 1.29 · last reviewed 30.08.2026