Certification Standard

Built to protect your business, not burden it.

EUMS — the Ethical Use of AI Management Standard — applies to organisations that deploy and use AI. It is designed to reduce legal exposure, accelerate enterprise procurement, and lower the cost of standards readiness — by formalising the controls your business should already have, not by inventing new ones.

Cuts duplicate work

Reuse existing SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and internal-assessment evidence — most controls map directly.

Reduces legal exposure

Demonstrable governance is a defence in standards body, litigation, and insurance contexts.

Unlocks enterprise deals

Pre-answers the AI risk questionnaires now blocking Fortune 500 and public-sector procurement.

Future-proofs compliance

Aligned with the EU AI Act, ISO 42001, Colorado AI Act, and NIST AI RMF — one programme covers all.

EUMS v1.0

Deployer standard

Ethical Use of AI Management Standard

For organisations that procure, deploy, operate, oversee, or rely upon AI systems built by others. Covers procurement, use-side impact assessment, transparency, human oversight, workforce protection, AI literacy, and monitoring.

Pillars: 5
Badge tiers: 3 (Green · Gold · Blue)
Passing score: 70% overall
Status: Ratified

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Sector-specific standards

Bespoke standards, co-developed.

On consultation, Ethicality works directly with an individual organisation to develop a sector-specific certification standard that extends EUMS to the ethical questions unique to that profession. The bespoke standard is added to the organisation's certification scope and assessed alongside the base framework.

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Journalism

Ethical Fact Reporting Standard

For newsrooms using AI in research, drafting, summarisation, or verification. Covers sourcing, attribution, synthetic-media disclosure, correction policy, and editorial oversight.

Legal

Ethical Contract Production & Review Standard

For law firms using AI to draft, review, or analyse contracts. Covers privilege protection, hallucination controls, supervising-attorney review, and client disclosure.

Healthcare

Clinical Decision Support Standard

For providers using AI in triage, diagnosis support, or care planning. Covers clinician-in-the-loop requirements, validation against population, and adverse-event reporting.

Education

Academic Integrity Standard

For institutions using AI in admissions, grading, tutoring, or research support. Covers student disclosure, appeal rights, and faculty oversight.

Examples shown are illustrative. Bespoke standards are scoped, drafted, and ratified jointly with the organisation and reviewed by the Ethicality Policy Institute before being added to the certification scope.

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