ETHICMAP Scorecard

By Laini Byfield

Score your program across the eight ETHICMAP dimensions. Move the sliders to reflect your current governance posture. The radar chart and insight panel update in real time.

Self-assessment Eight dimensions Governance posture

How to use this

For each dimension, score your program from 1 (not addressed) to 10 (fully documented, actively maintained). Score what is actually in place — not what you intend to do. A score of 5 means something exists but is incomplete, undocumented, or untested.

The insight panel surfaces the dimension most in need of attention. Use it as a starting point for your next governance review, not as a final verdict.

EEnvironment 5

Power dynamics, constraints, and norms are named. The program knows what institutional context it operates in.

TTiming 5

Cutoffs, lags, retroactivity, and notice windows are documented. Participants know when decisions are made and when they can be challenged.

HHarmony 5

Who benefits, who is burdened, and who is exposed has been examined. The program does not assume organizational outcomes equal participant outcomes.

IIncentive 5

Participation is feasible without being coercive. The pathway to outcomes is one participants can meaningfully choose.

CCalibration 5

Expectations are aligned to what the population can realistically achieve. The program was designed for the people actually enrolled, not an idealized participant.

MMeasurement 5

Outcomes include uncertainty and error rates, not just point estimates. Known failure modes, match rates, and data gaps are documented alongside results.

AApplication 5

The program has a runbook. Rules are versioned. Reprocessing triggers exist. The cycle can be repeated without relying on institutional memory.

PPublish 5

Decisions, tradeoffs, and changes are documented across cycles. If something changed, there is a record of what, why, and what it meant for participants.

Governance posture

Developing

Average score: 5.0 / 10

Operational checkpoint

Adjust the sliders to reflect your program’s current governance posture.

This scorecard is a self-assessment tool, not an audit. Scores reflect your own judgment about what is documented and maintained. Use the lowest-scoring dimension as the starting point for your next governance review cycle. See what each dimension produces →