A Stewardship Review concludes with one of the ratified outcomes below. It never concludes with "Approved", "Rejected", or "Failed" — a review is not a verdict.
| Outcome | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Aligned | Fulfills the stewardship responsibilities it claimed. No blocking gaps. |
| Needs Stewardship | Responsibilities are named but not yet owned by a steward. |
| Needs Context | Artifacts exist without the context that lets a future person understand them. |
| Needs Continuity | Does not yet survive interruption, departure, or the passage of time. |
| Needs Hospitality | Conditions have not been prepared for the people the capability serves. |
| Needs Clarification | Purpose, rationale, or scope is unclear enough that responsible review cannot be completed. |
| Needs Preservation | Understanding built by the capability risks being lost. |
Forbidden outcomes#
approved, rejected, failed, passed, denied, blocked — enumerated in FORBIDDEN_REVIEW_OUTCOMES and enforced by the validation check no-verdict-language.
About this source
Human Stewardship source collection
Original wording and stated source status are preserved. This reading edition does not create a new ratification or establish universal implementation.
Continue reading
- Human Stewardship Guidelines
- Human Stewardship Principles — Volume I
- Human Stewardship Guidelines — Volume I
- HSG Amendment Process
- HSG Book Structure
- Ethical Boundaries
- Ethical Commitments
- Grammar Elements (v1.0)
- Grammar of Stewardship — Overview
- Grammar Rules
- Grammar Validation
- Pattern Catalog — Foundation Set (v1.0)
- Stewardship Pattern Language — Overview
- HSG Pattern Language
- Pattern Relationships
- Pattern Validation
- HSG Publication Architecture
- HSG Ratification Process
- Review Method
- Review Principles
- HSG Scholar Model
- The Steward's Oath
- Stewardship Canon
- Stewardship Review
- Book II — Human Stewardship Guidelines · Volume I — Foundations
- Human Stewardship Guidelines — Overview
- Book II — Human Stewardship Guidelines (Overview)
- Volume I — Foundations · Manuscript Structure
- Book II — Human Stewardship Guidelines
- Book II — Volume Index
Pause and return
Keep a link to this edition or any section. You can leave and return without an account.