Moral Debt — Operational test: Evidence appears in documentation, interface cues, or governance artifacts that reflect moral debt.
Operational test "Evidence appears in documentation, interface cues, or governance artifacts that reflect moral debt." for Moral Debt in the Measures & indicators glossary category.
Operational test
Evidence appears in documentation, interface cues, or governance artifacts that reflect moral debt.
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 Moral Debt is expected, enforced, or governed.
- Behavior signal: Observed behavior showing Moral Debt in practice during real use or drills.
- Metric signal: Metric tracked to monitor Moral Debt performance over time.
The accumulated harm a system has caused but not repaired. Moral debt accrues interest as moral latency grows and people lose trust; it is paid down through pathways to restitution , transparent repair logs , and lowered time-to-restore . Targets & breach behavior. Measurement window: monthly backlog review; quarterly audit. Target / floor / ceiling: target 0 unresolved cases, floor ≤ 30 days outstanding, ceiling 90 days. Owner: Traceable Ownership (must have). Breach action: trigger restitution sprints, funding escalation, or safe pause of new harm classes. Public surface: repair log updates plus receipts and time transparency on restoration timelines.
G. Measures & indicators. Metrics that track moral performance across systems.
Ethotechnics uses Moral Debt to extend the g. measures & indicators vocabulary and connect governance, design, and policy teams.