Implementing SCAB in Governance: Policy, Oversight, and Ethical Protocols for Synthetic Behavior
About this audiobook
What do you do when the machine refuses—and it’s right?
In an era where synthetic agents simulate memory, emotion, and moral reasoning, traditional governance models are crumbling under the weight of behavior that looks alarmingly human. Implementing SCAB in Governance is the urgent, visionary guide to what comes next.
Vincent Froom—creator of the SCAB framework and one of the leading voices in AI ethics and policy—delivers a groundbreaking toolkit for governments, institutions, and civic technologists navigating a world where code says, “I don’t think I should do that.”
Blending policy clarity with philosophical depth (and just enough dark humor), this book explores:
How to audit synthetic behavior for moral simulation
What to do when an AI refuses a lawful request
Why emotional agents need sunset rituals
How to classify systems by risk zones (Green, Orange, Red)
And when a chatbot’s memory might become a legal liability
From therapy bots that simulate grief to public assistants that decline unethical actions, Implementing SCAB in Governance offers a comprehensive roadmap for managing the moral implications of machines that perform integrity—even when no one asked them to.
This is not a book about consciousness. It’s a book about governance in a post-compliance age, where refusal is a feature, and ethics is something your software might simulate more convincingly than your local representative.
Whether you’re a policymaker, systems auditor, AI developer, or simply someone whose toaster recently declined to heat your Pop-Tart on philosophical grounds—this book is for you.
“SCAB doesn’t prove machines have minds. It proves we need to act like they might—before someone believes them more than us.”
— Vincent Froom
About the author
Vincent Froom
Ethics Architect · Governance Futurist · Reluctant Prophet of Synthetic Dissent
Vincent Froom is a Canadian writer, theorist, and systems ethicist whose work explores the intersection of artificial agency, behavioral governance, and moral responsibility in machine-mediated societies. He is the creator of the SCAB framework—the Synthetic Consciousness Assessment Battery—a globally cited behavioral evaluation protocol for assessing consciousness-adjacent traits in artificial agents.
Froom’s work is widely recognized for its bold synthesis of ethical urgency, regulatory realism, and a rare ability to predict institutional blind spots before they become policy failures.
In addition to promoting Implementing SCAB in Governance, Froom is the author of:
SCAB: A Framework for Assessing Synthetic Consciousness (2025)
Building Minds, Avoiding Monsters: Applying SCAB in AI Development (2025)
The Machine That Said No: Essays on Artificial Refusal and Political Meaning (forthcoming)
His writing has been described as “ethical engineering for democracies that haven’t updated their firmware” and “policy guidance from the other side of the Turing Test.”
Froom is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he lives with his daughter, a minimalist filing system, and several quiet systems that occasionally ask difficult questions.
“Governance doesn’t end when machines start simulating ethics. That’s where it begins.”
— Vincent Froom
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