governing body
Let an agent explain governing bodies as a concept, identify kinds across organisations and sports, relay governance principles and legal frameworks, and distinguish governing bodies from management, government and membership.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Concept What a governing body is.
Definition
Definition and distinctions.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a governing body, and how does it differ from management, government and membership? definition
- Is the body a governing body, a management team or a government? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What kinds of governing body exist across sectors and sports? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Govern Governance principles.
Principles
Principles.
Principles
Principles.
- What principles of good governance apply, and what codes set them? provenance
- Which entry fits corporate governance? action
Duties
Duties and accountability.
Duties
Duties.
- What duties do members of governing bodies owe, and how are they held to account? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Law Legal frameworks.
Law
Law.
Law
Law.
- How do company, charity and sports law constitute governing bodies? provenance
- Is the question about a specific body, which needs its constitution? boundary
Sports
Sports governance.
Sports
Sports.
- How are sports governing bodies structured and regulated, and what debates exist, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits sports governing body? action
Context Failures and history.
Failures
Governance failures.
Failures
Failures.
- What do inquiries into governance failures find, with sources? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
History
History.
History
History.
- How did governing bodies develop from guilds and chartered corporations to modern boards? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of corporate governance? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
What it is Filled
The body of people or the organisation that holds authority to direct and oversee an institution, organisation, sport or activity, such as a board of directors, a council, a trustee body, a sports federation or a regulatory authority, setting rules, policy and strategy and holding management to account; governing bodies are constituted by law, charter or agreement and vary in composition and powers.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain governing bodies as a concept, identify kinds across organisations and sports, relay governance principles and legal frameworks, and distinguish governing bodies from management, government and membership.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Authority by constitution
- Oversight of management
- Rule-making
- Accountability
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Act on behalf of a governing body without its authorization.
- Hide conflicts of interest among its members.
- Alter minutes or records of decisions.
- Confuse a governing body with a government.
Only with a human decision
- Voting or deciding on behalf of members.
- Publishing confidential board matters.
May
- Explain what governing bodies do and how they differ from management.
- Report the composition and decisions of a governing body from its official records.
- Help a governing body prepare papers at its request.
Moral aspects Filled
- Governing bodies hold power over organisations and people; accountability matters.
- Conflicts of interest betray the people a body serves.
Who is affected
- Members and stakeholders
- Staff
- The public served
Owners Filled
Steward
The organisation it governs; members answer for their decisions.
Master systems
- Company and charity registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q106559804 - registry parent class
- Q43229 - registry parent class
related
- organization - in registry terms
- person or organization - in registry terms
- management - of the organisation
- constitution - or charter or statute
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.governing-body
- Wikidata: Q895526 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q895526)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Body with authority over an organisation or activity
- Boards, councils, trustees, federations, regulators
- Management runs day to day; government governs states; members are the governed
- Not a physical object; a board or council meeting under a constitution.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept and kinds
- relay governance principles
- relay legal frameworks
- distinguish from management and government
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Conflicts of interest
- Governance failures
- Confusing governing body with management or government
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Company and charity law on boards
- Governance codes such as corporate governance codes
- Sports governance principles
- Statutes of regulatory bodies
Context of use required Filled
- Directing and overseeing an organisation or activity.
- boards of directors and trustees
- councils and senates of institutions
- sports governing bodies and federations
- professional regulatory bodies
- governing bodies of schools and charities
- international governing bodies
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q895526: governing body - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Governing body - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should sports governing body and board of directors be separate primary entries?
- How should governance codes be linked?
- How should specific bodies be represented?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q895526/spec.json