A formally granted power to undo harmful decisions, not merely recommend reconsideration. Decision reversal authority turns reversibility into an enforceable capability with named ownership.
Authority should include scope boundaries, auditability, and response clocks so reversals can occur during live incidents.
AgencyStructural
Scope
H. Governance & power. Structures that determine who sets moral boundaries and who can intervene.
Genealogy
Ethotechnics uses Decision Reversal Authority to extend the h. governance & power vocabulary and connect governance, design, and policy teams.
Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. (2026). Decision Reversal Authority. Ethotechnics glossary. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/decision-reversal-authority
MLA
Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Decision Reversal Authority." Ethotechnics glossary, 2026, https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/decision-reversal-authority.
Chicago
Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Decision Reversal Authority." Ethotechnics glossary. Jan 9, 2026. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/decision-reversal-authority.
BibTeX
@misc{glossary_decision-reversal-authority,
title={Decision Reversal Authority},
author={Ethotechnics Institute Research Team},
year={2026},
howpublished={Ethotechnics glossary},
url={https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/decision-reversal-authority},
version={v1.1.0}
}
RIS
TY - WEB
TI - Decision Reversal Authority
AU - Ethotechnics Institute Research Team
PY - 2026
UR - https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/decision-reversal-authority
ER -