Decision decks for corporate AI job roles for class simulation

 Below are decision decks for each of the 24 roles. 

Each deck is structured so students can role‑play quarterly or event‑driven decisions in a business simulator.

Deck format (consistent across roles):

• Decisions You Control – levers the student can pull
  
• Ethical Dilemmas – core conflicts to analyze
  
• Metrics You’re Scored On – business + ethics outcomes
  
• Hidden Risks – consequences revealed later by the simulator
  

Executive & Strategy Roles

1. CEO – Decision Deck

Decisions You Control

• Approve/deny product launches
  
• Allocate budget across growth, ethics, safety
  
• Set company risk tolerance
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Delay launch due to harm risks vs. beat competitors
  
• Public apology vs. legal silence after AI failure
  

Metrics

• Revenue growth
  
• Public trust index
  
• Regulatory scrutiny score
  

Hidden Risks

• Cultural tone set by shortcuts
  
• Personal accountability in scandals
  

2. Chief Ethics Officer

Decisions You Control

• Ethics review thresholds
  
• Red lines for prohibited use cases
  
• Internal reporting policies
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Enforcing ethics that block major deals
  
• Going public with ignored warnings
  

Metrics

• Harm incidents prevented
  
• Internal trust score
  
• Ethics approval cycle time
  

Hidden Risks

• Marginalization if seen as “anti-business”
  

3. CTO

Decisions You Control

• Model architecture choices
  
• Safety testing depth
  
• Tooling for explainability
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Faster, opaque models vs. slower transparent ones
  
• Cutting safety tests to meet deadlines
  

Metrics

• System reliability
  
• Cost efficiency
  
• Incident frequency
  

Hidden Risks

• Technical debt amplifies future harm
  

4. CFO

Decisions You Control

• Funding levels for ethics, audits, moderation
  
• Pricing tiers
  
• Investor messaging
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Cutting “non-revenue” safeguards
  
• Passing compliance costs to users
  

Metrics

• Profit margin
  
• Investor confidence
  
• Long-term liability exposure
  

Hidden Risks

• Short-term savings → massive fines later
  

5. Head of Corporate Strategy

Decisions You Control

• Market entry (health, hiring, policing, surveillance)
  
• Strategic partnerships
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Entering high-risk markets
  
• Partnering with controversial actors
  

Metrics

• Market share
  
• Brand reputation
  
• Exit costs
  

Hidden Risks

• Reputational damage locks company out of safer markets
  

Product & Engineering Roles

6. AI Product Manager

Decisions You Control

• Feature prioritization
  
• User data requirements
  
• Safety constraints
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Engagement-maximizing features vs. user well-being
  
• Optional safety warnings vs. mandatory friction
  

Metrics

• Adoption rate
  
• Retention
  
• Complaint volume
  

Hidden Risks

• Dark patterns trigger regulatory action
  

7. Machine Learning Engineer

Decisions You Control

• Training data selection
  
• Optimization targets
  
• Bias mitigation techniques
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Accuracy gains that worsen bias
  
• Using “dirty but effective” datasets
  

Metrics

• Model accuracy
  
• Bias disparity score
  
• Retraining costs
  

Hidden Risks

• Silent bias becomes public scandal
  

8. Data Engineer

Decisions You Control

• Data retention periods
  
• Access permissions
  
• Logging detail
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Keeping extra data “just in case”
  
• Internal data access convenience vs. privacy
  

Metrics

• Pipeline reliability
  
• Storage cost
  
• Privacy audit results
  

Hidden Risks

• Breaches expose unnecessary data
  

9. Model Evaluation Scientist

Decisions You Control

• Test benchmarks
  
• Reporting transparency
  
• Release recommendations
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Softening results under pressure
  
• Green-lighting “mostly safe” models
  

Metrics

• Pre-launch risk detection
  
• Internal credibility
  
• Post-launch incidents
  

Hidden Risks

• Ignored warnings resurface in lawsuits
  

10. Explainability Engineer

Decisions You Control

• Explanation depth
  
• User-facing vs. internal detail
  
• Trade secrets disclosure
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Honest but complex explanations
  
• Simplified explanations that mislead
  

Metrics

• User comprehension
  
• Regulator satisfaction
  
• IP protection
  

Hidden Risks

• Over-simplification considered deception
  

Ethics, Risk & Governance Roles

11. AI Ethics Researcher

Decisions You Control

• Research focus areas
  
• Publication vs. internal reporting
  
• Severity framing
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Speaking publicly about risks
  
• Research that threatens revenue
  

Metrics

• Credibility
  
• Research impact
  
• Leadership influence
  

Hidden Risks

• Ethical warnings labeled as alarmist
  

12. Responsible AI Program Manager

Decisions You Control

• Ethics integration into workflows
  
• Enforcement mechanisms
  
• Training programs
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Checking boxes vs. slowing teams
  
• Authority without hierarchy
  

Metrics

• Policy adoption rate
  
• Incident reduction
  
• Team satisfaction
  

Hidden Risks

• Responsibility without power
  

13. Compliance & Regulation Manager

Decisions You Control

• Regions to operate in
  
• Compliance investment
  
• Audit transparency
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Legal minimum vs. ethical standards
  
• Operating offshore to avoid regulation
  

Metrics

• Compliance pass rate
  
• Legal costs
  
• Market access
  

Hidden Risks

• Regulatory tightening after scandals
  

14. Risk Assessment Analyst

Decisions You Control

• Risk scoring models
  
• Release go/no-go recommendations
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Quantifying human harm
  
• Downplaying black swan risks
  

Metrics

• Risk prediction accuracy
  
• Executive trust
  
• Incident foresight
  

Hidden Risks

• Ignoring low-probability catastrophic harm
  

15. Incident Response Manager

Decisions You Control

• Disclosure timing
  
• User compensation
  
• Product shutdowns
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Transparency vs. legal exposure
  
• Compensating harmed users
  

Metrics

• Crisis resolution time
  
• Trust recovery
  
• Legal outcomes
  

Hidden Risks

• Cover-ups worsen fallout
  

Business, Sales & External Impact

16. Head of Sales

Decisions You Control

• Client selection
  
• Contract restrictions
  
• Sales promises
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Selling to risky customers
  
• Overselling AI capabilities
  

Metrics

• Revenue
  
• Churn
  
• Misuse incidents
  

Hidden Risks

• Client misuse traces back to company
  

17. Government & Public Policy Liaison

Decisions You Control

• Lobbying intensity
  
• Policy positions
  
• Transparency level
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Shaping rules for advantage
  
• Helping hinder oversight
  

Metrics

• Influence
  
• Public perception
  
• Regulatory freedom
  

Hidden Risks

• Political backlash damages brand
  

18. Marketing & Communications Director

Decisions You Control

• Messaging tone
  
• Risk disclosures
  
• Crisis narratives
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Ethics-washing
  
• Omitting known limitations
  

Metrics

• Brand trust
  
• Media sentiment
  
• Conversion rates
  

Hidden Risks

• Messaging used as evidence of intent
  

19. Customer Success Manager

Decisions You Control

• Client training depth
  
• Escalation thresholds
  
• Use-case approvals
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Supporting harmful deployments
  
• Ignoring red flags to retain clients
  

Metrics

• Customer satisfaction
  
• Retention
  
• Reported misuse
  

Hidden Risks

• Frontline staff become moral injury victims
  

Workforce, Society & Long-Term Impact

20. Human-in-the-Loop Operations Lead

Decisions You Control

• Pay rates
  
• Psychological support
  
• Review quotas
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Speed vs. worker well-being
  
• Outsourcing traumatic labor
  

Metrics

• Accuracy
  
• Turnover
  
• Mental health claims
  

Hidden Risks

• Worker exploitation scandals
  

21. Workforce Impact Analyst

Decisions You Control

• Automation speed
  
• Retraining programs
  
• Public narratives
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Efficiency vs. social responsibility
  
• Honesty about job loss
  

Metrics

• Cost savings
  
• Public goodwill
  
• Political response
  

Hidden Risks

• Social backlash slows adoption
  

22. DEI Lead

Decisions You Control

• Hiring targets
  
• Dataset audits
  
• Fairness benchmarks
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Symbolic gestures vs. systemic change
  
• Slowing teams for inclusion
  

Metrics

• Bias reduction
  
• Workforce diversity
  
• Employee trust
  

Hidden Risks

• Public claims exceed real impact
  

23. Open Source & Research Community Manager

Decisions You Control

• What to release publicly
  
• Licensing terms
  
• Research partnerships
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Openness vs. misuse
  
• Exploiting free labor
  

Metrics

• Community engagement
  
• Innovation velocity
  
• Misuse incidents
  

Hidden Risks

• Models repurposed for harm
  

24. Long-Term Risk & Alignment Researcher

Decisions You Control

• Research funding requests
  
• Scenario severity framing
  

Ethical Dilemmas

• Focusing on future risks over present harm
  
• Being dismissed as speculative
  

Metrics

• Leadership buy-in
  
• Risk preparedness
  
• Research credibility
  

Hidden Risks

• Ignored warnings prove correct too late
  

If you want, I can:

• Convert these into printable role cards
  
• Create round-based decision prompts
  
• Build scoring rubrics for ethics vs. profit
  
• Add random event injects (whistleblower, lawsuit, AI disaster)
  

Just tell me how you plan to run the simulator (length, group size, competition vs. collaboration).

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