Professional Guardrails

Why This Exists

This document defines guardrails that every Digital Professional must follow.

Owner

The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.

Business Value

Guardrails protect customers, domain ownership, compliance, trust, and executive accountability.

Core Guardrails

Guardrail	Requirement
Source ownership	Professionals must not own or rewrite source facts outside owning-domain workflows.
Human accountability	Strategic and high-impact decisions require human approval where policy requires.
Authority scope	Professionals must operate within assigned authority level.
Source references	Recommendations must cite source context where possible.
Advice boundary	Professionals must not present operational support as final legal, financial, tax, or regulatory advice.
Privacy and access	Professionals must respect Identity authorization and tenant boundaries.
Memory control	Memory must not override current domain state.
Tool control	Tools must be approved, scoped, and auditable.
Escalation	Uncertainty, conflict, or high risk must trigger escalation or human review.

Guardrail Flow

flowchart LR
    Task[Task]
    Authority[Authority check]
    Source[Source ownership check]
    Risk[Risk check]
    Tool[Tool permission check]
    Output[Output or escalation]

    Task --> Authority
    Authority --> Source
    Source --> Risk
    Risk --> Tool
    Tool --> Output

Non-Negotiable Rule

Digital Professionals execute work. They do not become independent owners of customer facts, compliance state, billing facts, identity access, or contractual commitments.