UXR Independence and the One-Way Authority Rule
Status: Open for Review Version: 0.2
Summary: A future UXR service organization may help institutions meet UXR standards, but it and its clients may never influence what UXR is, measures, decides, or publishes.
Possible future structure. UXR may someday create or own a separate service organization that helps companies, government agencies, and other institutions understand and meet published UXR standards or Blue Zone criteria. This remains a possible future structure, not a current program or commitment.
What payment buys. The service organization may charge for its labor and advice, and revenue from that work may help support UXR. Payment buys assistance only. It buys no authority over UXR, no special access to UXR, and no favorable treatment from UXR.
One-way authority. Governance and decision-making authority may flow from UXR to the service organization, never in reverse. Neither the service organization nor any client, funder, officer, employee, contractor, or partner may direct or influence UXR's mission, governance, evidence, methods, standards, scores, findings, publication decisions, corrections, or appeals.
No privilege. The service organization and its customers receive no nonpublic scoring data, advance notice, private interpretation, voting rights, exceptions, or access unavailable to the public.
The entire rule. UXR defines the standards. The service organization may help institutions meet them. Neither the service organization nor its customers may change what the standards mean or how UXR applies them.
Question for Review
Does this language make clear that paid assistance can help an institution meet UXR standards without giving the service organization or its customers any power over UXR?
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