DUNKLEY 4S SAFETY AND ALIGNMENT CYCLE · PROPOSED v0.1

Permission and containment canvas

Workflow / version: __________________Owner / date: __________________

1 / Specify

Whose outcome matters? What must never happen? Who can authorise this use?

2 / Stress-test

Which ordinary, difficult and severe cases will challenge the objective? What result rejects the deployment?

3 / Safeguard

What enforces the permission limit? Who stops the workflow? What continues manually?

4 / Scrutinise

Who inspects outcomes and hears appeals? What change triggers review? Who approves restart?

Exposure: actions/min × containment minutes × commitment/action = ______ (currency). Shared cap: ______. Assumption sources and range: ______. Decision: hold / bounded trial / approve within stated limits. Reason and evidence: ______.

Educational synthesis by Adrian Dunkley, drawing on established risk management and safety engineering. Not a validated safety standard. Financial exposure does not settle privacy, fairness or irreversible harm. Keep rejected options and dissent in the supporting decision log.