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Responsibility Substitute Acknowledgment

Flag an explicitly assigned responsibility substitute whose acknowledgment is absent.

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Description

Flag a supplied substitute assignment awaiting acknowledgment.

Ethical records distinguish assumptions, permissions, role assignments, reported conflicts and source-qualified claims. A supplied truth flag can be negated mechanically without evaluating a rule, while a disclosure marker does not prove an acceptable practice. Ethical interpretation depends on evidence, context and the affected people.

Flag a supplied substitute assignment awaiting acknowledgment.

When to use this tool

Use Responsibility Substitute Acknowledgment when you already have substituteAssigned, substituteAcknowledged and need to flag a supplied substitute assignment awaiting acknowledgment.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter substituteAssigned, substituteAcknowledged. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read acknowledgmentPending. Inspect acknowledgmentPending before interpreting the associated values.

Return substituteAssigned&&!substituteAcknowledged.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
substituteAssignedSubstitute AssignedRequired. Boolean.
substituteAcknowledgedSubstitute AcknowledgedRequired. Boolean.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
acknowledgmentPendingAcknowledgment PendingRequired. Boolean.
json
{
  "input": {
    "substituteAssigned": true,
    "substituteAcknowledged": false
  },
  "output": {
    "acknowledgmentPending": true
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • False can mean no assignment. No actual role, acceptance, competence, authority or responsibility transfer is verified.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Read the underlying case, source, policy and consent records. Assess duties, authority, affected interests and actual circumstances through the appropriate professional process; local tokens and boolean checks do not resolve an ethical or legal question.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: applied-ethics/responsibility-substitute-acknowledgment — tool.io

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