Program · Reference document
Standards of Conduct.
The obligations every AILCN member accepts at enrollment. We won't water this down — these standards are the reason the credential means something to your buyers.
Draft for review. The finalized Standards of Conduct are published before the 2026 application window opens. The substance below reflects the standards every founding member will agree to; final language may tighten.
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Methodology integrity
Members apply the Workforce Alignment Operating System faithfully. The 10 KPIs, 5 Health Dimensions, and Contradiction Index™ are delivered using the prescribed measurement methodologies — not improvised, not personalized into a different framework, not blended with conflicting models that obscure the rigor a CFO is looking for. Deviation from the methodology in client deliverables is grounds for review.
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Client relationship standards
Members hold engagements to the standard of professional services rendered by a senior partner at a top-tier firm. That includes: returning client communication within one business day, delivering on committed timelines, escalating risks proactively, and presenting findings with appropriate context — not in a way that creates dependence the methodology doesn't justify.
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Confidentiality
Client data accessed through AILCN engagements — diagnostic results, KPI measurements, alignment maps, contradiction scores, executive findings — is confidential to the client. Members may not share identified client data with peers, post it publicly, or use it in marketing without explicit written consent. Anonymized, aggregated data may flow into AILCN benchmarks per the Membership Agreement.
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Professional representation
Members representing themselves as AILCN-certified must use the credential accurately: "Certified Member, AI Learning Consultant Network" or the equivalent. Members may not claim AILCN representation outside the scope of their certification status, claim to speak for AILCN as an organization without authorization, or use the AILCN brand in a way that suggests AILCN is delivering work the member is actually delivering personally.
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Network respect
AILCN is a peer-to-peer network of senior operators. Members commit to: trading deals in good faith on the Deal Exchange Board, providing honest peer review when invited, not soliciting other members' active clients, and not disparaging other members publicly. The network's value is the trust between members; that trust is non-negotiable.
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Platform integrity
Members commit to running platform billing, client subscriptions, and recurring monitoring through ExpandPro as the operational foundation of the participation-revenue model. Circumventing platform processing — running billing off-platform, hiding revenue from the share calculation, or redirecting client subscriptions to private invoicing — is treated as material breach.
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Non-disparagement and disagreement
Members may disagree with AILCN, with the methodology, or with other members in private and through the channels the network provides — community feed, peer review, founder office hours. Public disparagement of AILCN, the platform, or fellow members is not consistent with continued membership. Disagreement is welcome. Public undermining is not.
What can get a member removed.
We treat the credential as a credibility asset for every member who carries it. That means removal is real — not theoretical. Specifically:
- Methodology misuse — delivering work that materially misrepresents the Workforce Alignment Operating System or its findings.
- Client harm — actions that meaningfully damage a client's business, reputation, or trust in workforce-alignment practice.
- Platform circumvention — routing platform revenue off-platform to avoid the participation-share calculation, or other material breach of the Mandatory Platform Processing clause.
- Confidentiality breach — disclosing identified client data without authorization.
- Network breach — soliciting another member's active clients, repeated bad-faith trades on the Deal Exchange Board, or public disparagement of the network.
Removal proceedings follow the process defined in the Membership Agreement. Members in good standing have the right to respond to any allegation before a removal decision is final.