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TS-BGS-21 Trust & Stewardship Board Governance & Strategy CORE Compliance v2.9.7

Ethical & Values-Based Decision-Making Framework

Assesses the application of a formal framework that embeds Shūrā (consultation), ʿAdl (justice), and Iḥsān (excellence) into strategic decisions. This process upholds Amānah (trust) by ensuring choices are just, value-driven, and consistently serve the best interests of all stakeholders and the organization's higher purpose, anchored by clear intention (Niyyah). Ultimately, this approach aligns leadership actions with Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah (objectives of Islamic law), actively promoting Maṣlaḥah (public benefit) while safeguarding against harm to fulfill profound moral accountability.

Assessment Questions
  1. Describe the formal framework or process used for strategic decision-making. How does it explicitly integrate the principles of Shūrā, ʿAdl, Iḥsān, and Niyyah?
  2. Provide a completed JEIA and stakeholder map for a recent major decision. What specific mitigations were adopted based on the 'La darar' test?
  3. Show evidence of conflict/related-party handling for a recent decision (Register entry, recusal, procurement controls) and any serious incident reporting considerations.
  4. Show evidence of the 10-day rationale communication (or documented redaction/exception log) and the Decision Register entry.
  5. How does the organization measure the effectiveness and fairness of its decision outcomes? Provide examples of metrics used to assess alignment with its higher purpose.
Evidence Requirements
  • Documented decision-making policy/SOP with 'Major Decision' definitions.
  • Decision Register export (with JEIA link, stakeholder mapping, COI section, comms log, and review outcome).
  • Completed JEIA templates and bias checklists for recent major decisions.
  • Minutes of meetings (Board/Exec) showing emergency ex-post reviews and COI declarations.
  • Training register + assessment results (showing ≥80% pass rate).
  • Redaction/Exception Log for stakeholder communications.
  • Annual Ethics & Decisions summary in Trustees’ Report.
Scoring Guidelines
LevelRatingDescription
5 5/5 Framework is comprehensive; KPI targets met (≥90% usage, ≥95% comms SLA); quarterly post-mortems conducted; annual Ethics summary published.
4 4/5 Framework used for all Major Decisions; KPI targets mostly met (≥80%); annual review conducted; JEIA and COI controls consistently evidenced.
3 3/5 Basic framework exists; used for most Major Decisions but documentation varies; JEIA/COI steps present but sometimes informal.
2 2/5 Decisions are made ad-hoc; informal ethical considerations; no formal JEIA or consistent COI logging.
1 1/5 No evidence of a structured ethical decision-making process.

Related Criteria

TS-BGS-01 Trustee board meetings are scheduled, quorate, and minuted TS-BGS-02 Trustees set direction & strategy TS-BGS-03 Trustees meet statutory reporting TS-BGS-04 Finance represented in decisions TS-BGS-05 Annual board and executive skills-gap analysis conducted and actioned
Version
2.9.7 2025-11-05

Discussion (1)

Administrator 2026-03-07 11:07:44.893283

📋 **Version updated: 1.0.0 → 2.9.7** **Changes:** Updated islamic_references from mizan-297.json

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