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Emergency Protocol — Constitutional Safeguard Sequence

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

🧭 Purpose

This protocol defines the steps to be taken when the MJ-Ahmad Documentation Hub faces existential risk — including logic corruption, ethics breach, metadata collapse, or unauthorized distribution. It is not a shutdown script. It is a ritual of recovery.

🚨 Activation Conditions

Emergency protocol may be triggered when:

  • nxn-ethics/violations.md logs a systemic breach
  • audit/change-log.json shows tampering or deletion
  • metadata files are missing, falsified, or untraceable
  • distribution-engine/README.md is bypassed or corrupted
  • Steward roles are impersonated or erased
  • Glossary integrity is compromised, confusing learners

🔄 Response Sequence

Step Description
Freeze all outbound links Disable distribution via distribution-engine
Lock ratification Suspend review-protocol.md and ratified-actions.md updates
Activate guardians Invoke guardian-handbook.md roles
Audit lineage Trace all recent changes via change-log.json and metadata
Ethics revalidation Re-run nxn-ethics checks on all active modules
Steward council Convene reviewers listed in role-activation.md for consent-based recovery
Restore or retire Either revise corrupted modules or archive with dignity

🧘 Steward Conduct

During emergency protocol, stewards must:

  • Avoid blame or prestige
  • Preserve traceability
  • Protect learners above all
  • Document every step for inheritance

🔐 Licensing

All emergency actions are governed by the Ethical Inheritance License. No breach may be hidden, and no steward may be erased.

“Let the system protect itself — not with silence, but with stewardship.”
— MJ Ahmad