Trigger event
The specific, checkable condition (a bill's passage, a standard's ratification, a court's final ruling, a stated calendar date) attached to a watch list entry, allowing the entry to be resolved by checking one concrete fact rather than re-researching the underlying claim from scratch each time it is reviewed.
Defined in 3 GAGE programs, which carry 4 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP).
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
The specific, checkable condition (a bill's passage, a standard's ratification, a court's final ruling, a stated calendar date) attached to a watch list entry, allowing the entry to be resolved by checking one concrete fact rather than re-researching the underlying claim from scratch each time it is reviewed.
The specific real-world occurrence (a service launching to the public, a material change going live in production, or a service ceasing) that starts one of the three filing clocks. A clock does not start on an internal decision or planning milestone; it starts when the trigger event actually occurs.
A specific, nameable occurrence, a filing, a new compliance date, a federal intervention, a same-day public opposition statement, or a
A defined occurrence (a material data or model change, a population or use-case expansion, a documented incident, or the passage of a maximum validity period) that requires an already-approved AI system to return for re-review under the ongoing monitoring obligation.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Reading the frontier honestly: which data-governance news changes your decisions · The Frontier Discipline, Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP)
- The Stakeholder Map and Engagement Strategy · Stakeholder Architecture and Relationship Building, The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist
- Filing Timelines and Amendments · Algorithm Filing and Registration, Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP)
- Ethics Review Procedures · Ethics Review, Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP)
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where Trigger event starts. The lessons above teach it inside the competencies below, which are what job descriptions ask for and what the GAGE credential records. Every link here is drawn from the same careers map that builds a role's readiness check.
Identifies value conflicts in an AI use, asks who benefits and who bears risk, and turns principles into criteria a review can apply.
2 lessons on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Designs decision rights, committees, intake, approval tiers and escalation so routine uses move and consequential uses get reviewed.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Convenes partners across industry, civil society and government, keeps a stakeholder map current, and gets many parties to one position.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Roles that hire for it
Each role page shows the full competency set, what the seat decides, and a readiness check against your own evidence.
- Responsible AI Leadneeds it at depth · 7 open postings this week
- VP of AI Governance and Ethicsneeds it at depth
- Chief Compliance Officer, AI compliance editionneeds it at depth
- Ethical AI Specialistneeds it at depth · 5 open postings this week
- AI Policy Analystneeds working knowledge · 7 open postings this week
- Chief AI Officerneeds it at depth
How job descriptions say it
Postings rarely use the textbook word. These are the phrases the careers map reads as asking for the competencies above.
Where the frameworks place it: OECD AI Principles; UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI; NIST AI RMF GOVERN; ISO/IEC 42001 Clause 5.
One interview question about it
Take a value like fairness and turn it into criteria a reviewer can apply to a specific system, with the trade-off named.
Asked of candidates for ethical reasoning turned into decision criteria. Answering it in your own words is exactly how a GAGE topic is passed, and the credential records the pass where an employer can check it.
If you come from another field
Some backgrounds already carry this competency, and the readiness check gives credit for it.
- Nonprofit program and grants oversight carries it as a claim to back up: Mission accountability and beneficiary protection are ethical reasoning in practice.
- A law degree (JD, LLB or LLM), no AI work yet carries it as a claim to back up: Turning a value into a test is what a legal standard is.
- Policy, legislative and government affairs staff carries it as a claim to back up: Coalition and stakeholder work is the day job.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.