Assign clear scaled roles: Which requirement best reflects proportionate governance?
Small organizations can scale governance, but they still need clear accountability, roles, resources, and escalation for the actual risk.
The question
A six-person company introduces an AI assistant for internal employee questions. It has limited staff, no dedicated governance team, and moderate consequences for incorrect guidance. Which requirement best reflects proportionate governance?
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- Document only technical performancePerformance evidence matters, but governance also requires accountable roles, escalation, resources, and oversight.
- Assign clear scaled roles ✓Scaled role assignments preserve accountability while matching the organization’s resources and the assistant’s moderate risk.
- Create a full enterprise committeeA committee may help larger organizations, but this structure could exceed the small company’s resources without necessity.
- Delegate accountability to the vendorVendor support can contribute controls, but the deploying organization retains responsibility for internal use.
The trap
Proportionate does not mean optional: look for scaled accountability rather than either no controls or an oversized bureaucracy. How to remember it
Small organizations can scale governance, but they still need clear accountability, roles, resources, and escalation for the actual risk.
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