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Applied and bridge studies study record
BooksDecision Accounting
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MECHANISM
Identify the incentive structure and the condition that would falsify the claim.
RULE CHANGE
Read the intervention only after the paper shows how the current payoff space fails to support system welfare.
READER USE
Use the summary to see where private gain creates system exposure, then check the study record.
Contribution — what this adds to the conversation
Specifies Decision Accounting as a reconstruction-capable governance architecture: a 17-field decision record whose reader universe extends to strangers, breaking the conformism that lets insiders game disclosure.
WHAT'S NEW · First treatment of decision records as an auditable accountability layer for AI-assisted decisions at regulated institutions.
E.1 Introduction: Why Cryptographic Integrity Matters A DA record stored in a Word document on a shared drive is not evidence. It is a file that can be opened, edited, saved, and closed with no trace of the change. The revision history can be cleared. The metadata can be stripped. The document can be backdated. None of these operations requires technical sophistication. They require only file system access and a reason to lie.