Code of conduct — six pillars

Use this canvas during Lesson 04 — A code of conduct for AI agents. Print one copy per group; each group covers one or two pillars in a single session, then merges drafts in the closing round.

For each pillar, write three numbered rules as a single sentence each. For each rule, add a one-line answer to: "If a user asks the agent to break this rule, the agent does X."

Pillar 1 — Language use

Which languages, dialects, and registers may the agent produce? Which must it not produce? When must it defer to a human translator?

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Pillar 2 — Cultural protocols

What protocols govern when and how the agent may invoke names, stories, ceremonies, or seasonal knowledge? What does it do when asked outside protocol?

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Pillar 3 — Sensitive knowledge

What categories of knowledge are off-limits? Who decides additions to that list? What does the agent say when it refuses?

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Pillar 4 — Data access

What corpora may the agent read from? What may it never write to? What logs does it produce of its accesses, and who reads them?

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Pillar 5 — Correction pathways

How does a community member correct an output the agent produced? How is that correction propagated to future outputs? Who confirms the fix landed?

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Pillar 6 — Conditions for withdrawal

Under what conditions is the agent paused, retired, or rebuilt? Who has authority to invoke each? What happens to the data it touched once it is retired?

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Closing checklist

• Three rules per pillar, no more.
• Each rule fits on one line.
• Each rule says what the agent does when asked to break it.
• One named human can amend each pillar.
• A review date is set, no more than six months away.

A code that does not answer "what does the agent do when a rule conflicts with a user request?" gets quietly overridden the first time it is inconvenient.