Fractional Digital Ethics Officer (fDEO)

Executive level ethical leadership, Startup speed, Practical frameworks that scale. One Ethix provides organisations with a senior Digital Ethics Officer on a fractional basis delivering governance, decision support, and ongoing capability building without the overhead or delay of a full time C suite hire.

Overview

The Fractional Digital Ethics Officer model is designed for organisations needing consistent ethics leadership, structured oversight, and hands on support as they scale digital, data and AI initiatives

This is not a one off advisory project. You receive an embedded ethics leader who:

Guides teams through real decisions and trade offs

Owns and maintains your ethics governance structures

Sets up practical processes that reduce risk and increase trust

Builds internal capability across leadership, product, data, and engineering

The approach combines strategic clarity, operational support, and cultural integration ensuring digital ethics becomes a repeatable, measurable organisational capability

Core Service

• TIER 1: fDEO Lite (Foundational) - For fast-growth companies establishing their first ethical foundations. Includes core advisory hours, 1 ethics review forum per month, artefact review, a basic ethical risk radar, trust-metrics setup and access to foundational templates.
  

• TIER 2: fDEO Operational Partner - For scaling teams operating data/AI products. Includes deeper advisory time, monthly leadership sessions, ongoing product/model reviews, governance iteration, capability-building and cultural interventions.
  

• TIER 3: fDEO Executive Level -  Includes weekly executive meetings, ethics review board participation, custom governance frameworks, quarterly board reports, team training, dashboards and dedicated communication channels.
  

• TIER 4: Embedded Ethical Leadership (Full Fractional C-suite) - The most comprehensive model. Includes extensive monthly hours, co-ownership of governance strategy, maturity-roadmap leadership, executive alignment across departments, culture and change design, and partner/investor signalling.

Expected Outcomes:

✅ Executive level ethical leadership embedded into your organisation without the cost or delay of a full time hire
💬 Immediate access to senior ethics expertise ready to join live projects decisions and risk discussions
🚀Faster maturity growth due to continuous advisory coaching and capability support

Let’s Elevate Your Ethical Capability.

Schedule a discovery call to explore a Fractional Digital Ethics Officer partnership tailored to your organisation’s size risk profile and ambition

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