Externalization — Operational test: Costs show up in downstream teams without corresponding resources or ownership.
Operational test "Costs show up in downstream teams without corresponding resources or ownership." for Externalization in the Failure modes (why Ethotechnics exists) glossary category.
Operational test
Costs show up in downstream teams without corresponding resources or ownership.
Use this test to validate operational readiness.
Pair this test with the minimum evidence criteria to capture both qualitative and quantitative signals.
- Evidence artifact: Artifact documenting how Externalization is expected, enforced, or governed.
- Behavior signal: Observed behavior showing Externalization in practice during real use or drills.
- Metric signal: Metric tracked to monitor Externalization performance over time.
Pushing risk, cost, or harm onto other teams, communities, or the future so internal metrics look clean. Externalization appears as pollution, shadow labor, or brittle dependencies outside audits. Ethotechnics counters it with oversight horizons , MPIs , and transparent repair logs .
B. Failure modes (why Ethotechnics exists). Common patterns where responsibility dissolves and harm accelerates.
Names the gap between local optimization and systemic responsibility.