Decision Tree — Governance Logic Flow

Curated by: MJ Ahmad — Steward of Ethical Inheritance
Document Type: Governance Logic Map
Last Updated: October 17, 2025

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🧭 Purpose

This document defines the decision-making flow for governance actions within the MJ-Ahmad Documentation Hub. It ensures that every choice — from ratification to emergency response — follows a constitutional path.

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🌱 Decision Flow Overview

[Proposal Submitted]
        ↓
[Metadata Verified]
        ↓
[Ethics Validated] → [Fails] → [Revise or Reject]
        ↓
[Steward Review Activated]
        ↓
[Audit Hash Logged]
        ↓
[Consent Recorded via role-activation.md]
        ↓
[Review Status: Approved]
        ↓
[Artifact Indexed + Ratified]

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🧾 Decision Nodes

Node	Description
Proposal Submitted	Artifact or policy proposed with metadata and audit hash
Metadata Verified	Must include steward attribution, licensing, and traceability
Ethics Validated	Reviewed against nxn-ethics and glossary clarity
Steward Review	Activated via review-protocol.md
Audit Logged	Entry created in audit/change-log.json
Consent Recorded	Steward signs ratification via role-activation.md
Status Approved	Metadata review_status set to approved
Indexed + Ratified	Artifact added to index.md and ratified-actions.md

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🛡️ Ethical Boundaries

• No decision may bypass ethics validation
• No artifact may be ratified without steward consent
• No module may be indexed without audit traceability
• No emergency override may skip documentation

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🔐 Licensing

All decisions are governed by the Ethical Inheritance License. No logic may be executed without traceability, ethics, and consent.

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🧾 Related Modules

• ratification-process.md — Consent protocol
• review-protocol.md — Artifact approval
• audit/change-log.json — Edit traceability
• role-activation.md — Steward legitimacy
• nxn-ethics/README.md — Ethics validation
• ratified-actions.md — Ledger of inherited truth

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“Let every decision be a path — not a shortcut.”
— MJ Ahmad