Organizational Mandate & Charter
Constitutive rules of an organization
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Incomplete
3 bundles · 6 layers · 0 findings · 0 questions
constitution The instrument itself and how it changes
foundingInstrument
charter or statute text and its adoption
amendment
revisions, consolidation and the amendment procedure
powers What the instrument permits
mandateGrant
mandates and powers conferred on bodies and roles
limits
restrictions, reserved matters and required approvals
accountability To whom the organization answers
oversight
bodies to which duties are owed and their scope
dischargeRecord
reports filed, reviews held, duties met
Note: Legacy card: layers named, findings and questions never written.
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- World Models
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- standalone-mm
- Navigation path
- NAV.SOC.ORG.MND
- Domain
- SOC.ORG.MND
- Industry
- Cross-industry
- Tags
- mandatechartersoc.org.mnd
- Also called
- O4
What it is Derived, awaiting review
This meta-model describes the constitutive rules of an organization: charters and statutes, the mandates and powers they confer, the limits they impose, and the accountability duties they create.
Note: First sentence of the legacy card introduction.
Why it exists Filled
Constitutive rules of an organization
Distinguishing features Derived, awaiting review
- It is its own model because constitutive rules outlive officeholders and structures, change by their own formal procedures, and are cited by units, contracts and oversight independently of day-to-day organizational data.
What robots and AI may and may not do Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Moral aspects Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Owners Filled
Steward
The organization owns its charter record; for public bodies an oversight body additionally holds a registrar-style copy.
Links to other meta-models Filled
references
- world.organization - the constituted organization and any overseeing bodies.
- world.organizationalUnit - delegations land on units and their mandates.
- world.employment - delegations may attach to role assignments.
- world.commercialContract - counterparties verify powers here before executing agreements there.
- world.publicRegister - charters of public bodies are published in public registers.
- world.disputeResolution - contests over powers and their limits are heard there.
- world.stewardship - ownership and access grants over charter records.
- world.accessGrant - ownership and access grants over charter records.
composes
- world.auditTrail - audit facets on adoption, amendment and delegation events.
imports
- legal-templates - COMPOSE: model clause and instrument structures reused in founding instruments.
- akoma-ntoso - ALIGN: machine-readable legal document structure for provisions and citations.
requires
- vr.wm-pol-010
- vr.wm-pol-013
- vr.wm-pol-014
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Incomplete
Identity and identifiers required Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Institutional or informational subject: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Capabilities and actions required Derived, awaiting review
- charterAdopted: a constitutive instrument was adopted.
- charterAmended: provisions were revised by the prescribed procedure.
- mandateConferred: a mandate was granted to a body or role.
- mandateRevoked: a mandate was withdrawn.
- powerDelegated: a power was passed downward with constraints.
- dutyDischarged: an accountability duty was met, for example a report was filed.
Legacy events listed as state transitions.
Hazards and failure modes optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Standards and interfaces required Derived, awaiting review
- charterPublication: public or member access to the current consolidated text.
- dueDiligenceAccess: counterparty access to powers and limits before entering an agreement.
- oversightFiling: periodic submission of discharge records to the overseeing body, standard for public bodies.
- currentConsolidatedCharter: the text as amended to date; omits drafting history and rejected amendments.
- powersMatrix: who may bind the organization, for what, within which limits; omits narrative provisions.
- oversightLedger: duties owed, addressees, cadence and discharge status; omits instrument text.
Context of use required Filled
- Access is granted by the owner under the S1/S2 models of this catalogue.
Sources Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Open questions
- Superseded by a researched world model? Map this legacy card to its successor or retire it.
Machine files
Provenance
legacy MMAS card (world-models v0.2) · legacy
Built from: models/world-o4-organizational-mandate-and-charter/spec.yaml, models/docs/organizations/O4-organizational-mandate-and-charter.md