D.5:9 - Rationale

D.5 exists because bias, fairness, human-impact, causal-fairness audit consumption, and ethical assurance often survive ordinary technical checks. It keeps those concerns in one audit frame while preserving direct owners: metrics and measurement remain with measurement patterns, causal fairness remains with causal-use patterns, assurance remains an assurance relation, and multilevel ethical conflict remains with D.2 through D.4.

Audit depth follows what a particular claim or decision needs from the result. A compact account can carry a useful finding; a stronger audit or assurance conclusion needs its supporting evidence and the record required for that reliance. Material changes reopen the affected basis, and a disputed requirement remains open to substantive appraisal without losing its present force.