Sociotechnical Alignment — Operational test: Incentives and KPIs reinforce, rather than undermine, moral requirements.
Operational test "Incentives and KPIs reinforce, rather than undermine, moral requirements." for Sociotechnical Alignment in the Core concepts glossary category.
Operational test
Incentives and KPIs reinforce, rather than undermine, moral requirements.
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 Sociotechnical Alignment is expected, enforced, or governed.
- Behavior signal: Observed behavior showing Sociotechnical Alignment in practice during real use or drills.
- Metric signal: Metric tracked to monitor Sociotechnical Alignment performance over time.
Alignment achieved not just in the model, but across tools, interfaces, incentives, workflows, and organizational structures. Sociotechnical alignment keeps the ethical load path intact under pressure.
A. Core concepts. These terms define the Ethotechnics discipline itself and set expectations for moral system design.
Bridges organizational design and system behavior to keep moral intent durable.