Who Is Responsible?: Corporate Governance and Accountability in the AI Era

When the machine makes the decision - who answers for what it does?Artificial intelligence has broken the accountability chain that corporate governance was built to maintain. When an algorithm screens job applicants, prices insurance policies, or amplifies content to millions of users, no individual in the organization made that decision. The harm is real. The responsible party is not.Who Is Responsible? is a rigorous, practitioner-focused examination of the accountability vacuum that AI has opened at the board level, in the C-suite, and across the legal and regulatory frameworks that corporations depend on. Drawing on classical liberal principles of clear accountability and decentralized responsibility, R. F. Geissler maps the governance failures already visible in landmark cases and provides a structural framework for organizations serious about closing the gap.Inside this volume: - Why existing fiduciary duty frameworks do not automatically extend to machine decision-making - and what that means for board liability- The C-suite accountability map: who owns AI governance when everyone and no one does- ESG reimagined - the environmental cost of AI infrastructure, the social license to automate, and the governance gaps standard frameworks miss- The EU AI Act, the Brussels Effect, and the global regulatory perimeter taking shape around AI deployment- How to build an AI governance stack that provides genuine oversight, not compliance theater- Case studies: Boeing MCAS, algorithmic trading flash crashes, facial recognition in law enforcement, and platform amplification liabilityDiffused responsibility is no responsibility. This book is the governance framework for the AI era - for directors, executives, legal and compliance professionals, and every leader who will eventually have to answer the question that is coming.MBA 520: Who Is Responsible? is part of the AI-Era Business Curriculum, a complete graduate and professional series published by Think Tank Media LLC. R. F. Geissler is a retired law enforcement lieutenant, economist, and independent author based in West Melbourne, Florida.

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