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Appendix B

COSO IC 2013 Principle Mapping (Summary)

COSO Principle Governance Discipline Governing COs Key Extension
P1: Integrity & ethical values Authority Mapping CO-PU-AUT, CO-PU-CST Ethical commitments as structural bindings with negation-clause inheritance
P2: Board independence & oversight Authority Mapping CO-OB-AUT, CO-TL-AUT Interpretive/operational authority separation
P3: Structure, reporting, authority Authority Mapping CO-EN-AUT, CO-RE-AUT Three-layer behavioral-contract architecture; authority through relation graph
P4: Competence commitment Authority Mapping CO-EN-DEC, CO-EN-EVD Capacity assessment as governed decision; registration records for computational actors
P5: Accountability for IC Authority Mapping CO-EN-ACT, CO-PU-ACT Deterministic entity chains; self-referential closure
P6: Suitable objectives Decision Boundary CO-PU-EVD, CO-PU-DEC Empirically anchored success criteria; apex as highest-stakes decision surface
P7: Identify & analyze risks Decision Boundary CO-OB-DEC, governance matrix Interpretation as governed decision; matrix itself as risk identification surface
P8: Assess fraud risk Decision Boundary CO-UN-CST, CO-DI-AUT Truth-type constraints on derivation; namespace/content authority separation
P9: Identify & assess significant changes Decision Boundary CO-TI-DEC, CO-TL-DEC, CO-RE-DEC Cycle transitions, activations, relation modifications as governed decisions
P10: Select & develop CAs Constraint Propagation CO-CO-CST Six propagation patterns; effective constraint set computation
P11: General controls over technology Constraint Propagation CO-EN-CST Actor-type ceiling; tighten-only through behavioral-contract stack
P12: Deploy through policies & procedures Constraint Propagation CO-CO-EVD, CO-TL-CST Observable violation conditions; constraint inheritance into work specifications
P13: Relevant, quality information Evidence Obligations CO-ME-EVD, CO-UN-EVD Reflexive evidence; truth-type meta-evidence
P14: Internal communication Evidence Obligations CO-RE-EVD, CO-DI-EVD Relation auditability; term resolution chains
P15: External communication Evidence Obligations CO-OB-EVD, CO-UN-AUT Capture-time immutability; truth-type authority separation
P16: Ongoing/separate evaluations Accountability Resolution CO-TI-DEC, CO-ME-DEC Cycle transitions and learning-lifecycle transitions as governed decisions
P17: Evaluate & communicate deficiencies Accountability Resolution CO-TI-ACT, CO-PU-ACT Temporal causation; self-referential closure to constituting authority

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