Responsible AI Index · RAI-X
The Director Scorecard

Seven things a director has to be able to do.

Boards are expected to oversee AI. Almost nobody asks whether individual directors have the skills and capabilities needed to do so. This scorecard measures you, not the company, across seven competencies. Each statement describes something a director does. You mark the statement on whether you had considered it, understand its value, have done it at least once, or do it as a matter of course. Your level is set by your weakest competency, not by your average.

This scorecard is part of a research study, and you receive your own results.

Thirty-five statements describing things a director does, marked against your own conduct over the last twelve months. Allow about fifteen minutes.

This is a self-assessment. Scores describe a director’s conduct, not competence in law or fiduciary standing.

What is measuredThe seven competencies
GOV
Governance Oversight
“Who is accountable for AI here, and when did this board last make a decision about it?”
DAT
Data Inquiry
“What data goes into our AI, where does it go, and how do we know?”
EXP
Explanation & Disclosure
“Could we explain this decision to the person it was made about?”
FAI
Fairness & Affected Parties
“Who could this system treat worse than others, and when did we last check?”
RIS
Risk & Irreversibility
“What can this system do that we cannot undo, and how would we find out?”
HUM
Human Judgment & Workforce
“Can a person still overrule this system, and does anyone actually do so?”
AUT
Autonomy & Agent Authority
“What are our agents allowed to do on their own, and what stops them?”

Seven competencies

The scorecard covers governance, data, explanation, fairness, irreversible risk, human judgment, and the authority held by agents.

What you get

Your Responsible AI level, the competency that sets it, and one thing to do before your next board meeting.

Your answers

Used for a single research study and to return your scorecard to you. Deleted within 24 months.


The four levels

Each of the thirty-five statements describes something a director does, and you mark each one at the level that is true of you.

Level 1, Unaware
Not considered
Level 2, Aware
Value understood, not acted upon
Level 3, Practiced
Done at least once
Level 4, Systematic
Done as a matter of course