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TS-RDC-09 Trust & Stewardship Risk, Data & Compliance CORE Compliance v2.9.7

Digital Ethics & AI Policy

Assesses whether the organization has a forward-looking policy on the ethical use of digital technologies, data analytics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ensure fairness, transparency, and prevent bias. This includes defining the scope of 'digital ethics' to cover targeted fundraising/advertising, profiling, recommender systems, biometric analytics, and design practices that may manipulate behaviour (dark patterns), ensuring moral implications are addressed alongside data protection.

Compliance 6
  • Maintain an AI & Analytics Register covering all automated decision systems and material analytics use-cases (mapping to GDPR Art. 30 RoPA).
    Governance Essential
  • Define 'AI' and 'automated decision-making/profiling' for the organization with clear risk tiering.
    Governance Essential
  • Documented policy on digital ethics and AI with specific controls for high-risk use cases (pre-deployment approval, human-in-the-loop steps, decision logs).
    Documentation Essential
  • Regular Equality/Bias Impact checks for protected characteristics (Equality Act 2010) with defined metrics and remediation triggers.
    Monitoring Essential
  • Transparent communication with stakeholders, including right to contest/appeal decisions and explainability artifacts.
    Process Essential
  • Supplier due diligence and contract clauses for third-party AI tools ensuring audit rights and transparency.
    Compliance Essential
Good 2
  • Application of 'Lā ḍarar wa lā ḍirār' (no harm) to prohibit AI uses causing foreseeable distress.
    Ethics High
  • Regular training for staff, trustees, and volunteers on ethical technology use.
    Continuous Improvement Medium
Better 3
  • Ethical impact assessments (DPIA + AI Impact Assessment) for new technologies before deployment.
    Leadership High
  • Publicly available summary of the digital ethics policy and AI transparency notice.
    Transparency High
  • A designated ethics committee or lead to review new technology implementations.
    Leadership High
Best 1
  • Alignment with emerging AI governance frameworks (ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF).
    Excellence High

Related Criteria

TS-RDC-01 Multi‑scenario financial stress‑testing documented TS-RDC-02 Complaints & whistle-blowing mechanism TS-RDC-03 Due-diligence on delivery partners TS-RDC-04 Serious-incident reporting & escalation TS-RDC-05 Cyber-security baseline (NCSC Cyber Essentials – UK)
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2.9.7 2025-11-05

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Administrator 2026-03-07 11:07:52.269961

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

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