# Data Ethics Assessment Pack

Skill: `handling-data-ethically`

[Word report](report.en.docx) · [Excel register](register.en.xlsx)

## Record details

| ID | Field | Project value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `artifact_id` | Artifact ID | |
| `project` | Project | |
| `skill` | Skill | |
| `version` | Version | |
| `date` | Date | |
| `status` | Status | |
| `author` | Author | |
| `owner` | Owner | |
| `approver` | Approver | |
| `purpose` | Purpose | |
| `business_outcome` | Business outcome | |
| `scope` | Scope and exclusions | |
| `source_inputs` | Inputs and sources | |
| `assumptions` | Assumptions and constraints | |
| `decisions` | Decisions | |
| `rationale` | Rationale | |
| `risks` | Risks | |
| `exceptions` | Exceptions | |
| `open_items` | Open items | |
| `due_date` | Due date | |
| `acceptance_criteria` | Acceptance criteria | |
| `evidence_location` | Evidence location | |
| `reviewer_decision` | Reviewer decision | |
| `next_gate` | Next stage gate | |

## Domain analysis and decisions

### Purpose and alternatives (`purpose`)

State the proposed use, necessity, and feasible less-intrusive alternatives.

> Enter project evidence, conclusion, and owner.


### Data and use boundary (`use_boundary`)

Bound data sources, secondary uses, sharing, and prohibited uses.

> Enter project evidence, conclusion, and owner.


### Affected parties (`affected_parties`)

Identify groups with different impacts and those not represented.

> Enter project evidence, conclusion, and owner.


### Benefits harms and uncertainty (`harms`)

Compare benefits, potential harms, evidence gaps, and remaining uncertainty by group.

> Enter project evidence, conclusion, and owner.


### Controls and evidence (`controls`)

Specify harm reduction, human review, records, monitoring, and independent review.

> Enter project evidence, conclusion, and owner.


### Recourse (`recourse`)

Explain how affected people can learn, challenge, correct, or opt out.

> Enter project evidence, conclusion, and owner.


### Conclusion and decision rights (`decision`)

Recommend approval, conditional approval, or stop and name the authorized decision maker.

> Enter project evidence, conclusion, and owner.


### Review and stop conditions (`stop_conditions`)

Define review and stop triggers for harm, invalidated evidence, or use drift.

> Enter project evidence, conclusion, and owner.


## Working registers

### Impact Assessment (`impacts`)

Record benefits and harms by affected party.

| Affected party (`affected_party`) | Impact (`impact`) | Potential harm (`harm`) | Evidence (`evidence`) | Owner (`owner`) | Review date (`review_date`) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   |   |   |   |   |   |

### Harm Controls (`controls`)

Track controls, recourse, and stop thresholds.

| Potential harm (`harm`) | Control (`control`) | Recourse (`recourse`) | Threshold (`threshold`) | Owner (`owner`) | Evidence (`evidence`) | Status (`status`) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |