Ethics, consent & accountability · Working

Community consent

ELI5

Collective permission or support sought where community-held culture, knowledge or consequences make individual consent insufficient.

Used in conversation

“The agreement should state community consent clearly.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Community consent” in accessibility, localisation, ethics & ai conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains access, language adaptation, care, provenance and emerging synthetic-media responsibilities.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.