Governance, Authority & Approval
The Tier-0 Principle
Business Context is the semantic foundation of SpineWorkspace. Governance exists to protect Business Context. Without Business Context, governance has nothing to protect.
Governance model
Authority classes
- observe;
- derive;
- recommend;
- communicate;
- approve;
- mutate;
- administer.
Human authority
Humans retain consequential responsibility where policy or organizational role requires it.AI authority
AI capability does not imply AI authority. Confidence does not grant authority.Approval
An approval must bind:- tenant;
- principal;
- Work;
- action/capability;
- candidate version;
- authority scope;
- timestamp;
- policy version;
- audit record.
Rejection / modification
The user may:- reject;
- modify;
- redirect;
- request more context;
- consult another human.
External communication approval
Slack/email/chat responses may initiate an approval workflow, but must be converted into verified approval events before consequential execution.Core law
Nothing should acquire consequential authority merely because a model, agent or workflow produced a confident result.