The Hourglass Model of Organizational AI Governance

The Hourglass Model presents the overall structure of the AIGA AI Governance Framework.

Citation: Mäntymäki, M., Minkkinen, M., Birkstedt, T., & Viljanen, M. (2022). Putting AI Ethics into Practice: The Hourglass Model of Organizational AI Governance (arXiv:2206.00335). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2206.00335

The AIGA AI Governance Model consists of three layers.

Scroll down to view the layers explained.

The environmental layer covers the

requirements from the contextual environment.

• These include:
• Hard law
• Principles and guidelines
• Stakeholder pressure

The organizational layer covers the

organizational practices and capabilities.