# A.6.1.2 Objectives for responsible development of AI system

Identify and document objectives that guide responsible development of AI systems, take them into account and build measures to achieve them into the development life cycle. The artefact behind the answer is documented responsible development objectives (for example fairness). For objectives for responsible development of ai system the evidence sits at the gate it belongs to.

- Framework: ISO/IEC 42001:2023
- Cited to: ISO/IEC 42001:2023, Annex A control A.6.1.2
- Source: https://www.iso.org/standard/81230.html
- Last updated: 2026-10-20

## What it asks

Identify and document objectives that guide responsible development of AI systems, take them into account and build measures to achieve them into the development life cycle.

## Where generative AI changes the answer

The objectives have to be specific enough to test on a generative system, such as whether a fabricated citation rate is acceptable in a regulated document.

## Who it binds

The AI system owner and the delivery team at each life cycle gate.

## Evidence an auditor samples

- Documented responsible development objectives (for example fairness)
- Evidence the objectives are reflected in requirements, data acquisition and conditioning, training and verification
- Mandated methods or tools that implement them

## The test you can run

Ask for the verification record and the deployment decision, and check that the second refers to the first.

## Common failures

- Objectives stated but absent from development requirements
- No measure linked to each objective

## Before the draft publishes

Walk the use through the life cycle gates and record which gate has no evidence behind it. That gap is what an auditor will ask about first.

## What this page does not say

It does not state the text of ISO/IEC DTS 25568, because ISO has not published the draft's clause text. It does not certify anything.

Not legal advice; does not certify.