Commit to an Escalation Trigger

Draft one board or committee escalation trigger for a current governance risk. Use this for a risk appetite exception, material control weakness, cyber incident, supplier concentration, disclosure issue, or committee reporting threshold. When [metric/event] crosses [threshold], [owner] will notify [board/committee/forum] within [timeframe] with [evidence] and [decision requested]. In 3 days, check whether the trigger was drafted, sent to the owner, and tied to a real board or committee forum. A risk appetite exception that should go to the board risk committee instead of staying in management reporting. A material control weakness that needs audit committee escalation when remediation misses a…

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