Reporting · The disclosure rule · Element
The timing
How quickly disclosure must happen, and what starts the clock.
The part
What it is
The clock usually starts on becoming aware rather than on understanding, which is the distinction that catches organisations out.
Reporting before an investigation is complete is uncomfortable and is generally the right thing to do.
The smallest level
The attributes it carries
Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.
Clock starts on
Awareness rather than understanding, which is what catches people out.
Text shared typeInterim reporting
Whether a partial report is required before the full picture exists.
Choice shared type
The other elements in the disclosure rule
The triggers
What must be disclosed, regardless of how it reads.
LearnThe decider
Who decides when disclosure is unclear.
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