{
  "title": "Executive search mandate and approval data for AI",
  "source_page": "https://fiund.com/industries/executive-search-mandate-data",
  "authorship": "Original fictional Fiund editorial exercise. No actual operating records or third-party source assets are included.",
  "example": {
    "title": "A final mandate can adopt one committee proposal while rejecting another",
    "context": "A fictional leadership brief uses synthetic organizations and abstract reporting roles. No candidate, board member, hiring plan, compensation or confidential search is involved.",
    "records": [
      [
        "EX1",
        "Draft mandate",
        "Role R reports to Lead A, location North. Draft state; not approved for circulation."
      ],
      [
        "EX2",
        "Committee proposal",
        "Suggests reporting to Lead B and moving location to South. Proposal only."
      ],
      [
        "EX3",
        "Final approval and substitute",
        "Signed memo adopts Lead B but explicitly retains North. Later unsigned substitute says Lead C/South, no adoption record."
      ]
    ],
    "question": "Which reporting line and location can the practice role briefing quote, and what status belongs to the later substitute?",
    "answer": "EX3's signed final memo supports reporting to Lead B at North. It adopts only the reporting-line part of EX2 and explicitly retains the original location. The later Lead C/South substitute remains unsigned and cannot supersede that approval. Preserve proposal, partial adoption and unresolved substitute states rather than combine every committee suggestion into the final brief or infer approval from a newer timestamp.",
    "failureModes": [
      "Treating a partial approval as adoption of every proposed change.",
      "Selecting the latest unsigned substitute as the authoritative role brief."
    ],
    "fields": [
      [
        "Mandate and document state",
        "Defines the brief."
      ],
      [
        "Proposed field and adopted value",
        "Shows partial approval."
      ],
      [
        "Approval authority and substitute status",
        "Limits supersession."
      ]
    ],
    "holdout": "Add an approved South relocation effective after the briefing cutoff. Require North at the earlier date and the future change separately.",
    "boundary": "Use independently written materials and synthetic roles. Exclude candidates and actual search information; ranking and hiring decisions remain outside the task."
  }
}