Frequently Asked Questions

Last updated: December 2025

1. What is Sentienta Ethics Navigator?

Sentienta Ethics Navigator is an AI-supported decision and reflection tool designed to help you think through complex, ethically sensitive, or high-stakes situations. It uses multiple AI agents to look at a case from different perspectives and to surface routes, tradeoffs, and stakeholder impacts.

2. Does the system tell me what to do?

No. The system does not make decisions for you or give prescriptive advice. It is designed to support structured reasoning by clarifying issues, options, and implications. You remain fully responsible for any decisions you make.

3. Is this legal, clinical, or professional advice?

No. The Service does not provide legal advice, medical advice, clinical supervision, human resources rulings, or any other form of professional advice. It is a thinking aid and should be used alongside, not instead of, your professional judgment and any required consultation or review processes.

4. What kinds of dilemmas is this for?

Ethics Navigator is intended for situations where:

• Multiple values or obligations appear to be in tension.
• There are several plausible routes, each with tradeoffs.
• There are important stakeholders who may be affected differently.
• The decision feels ethically ambiguous, risky, or high-stakes.

Example areas include child protection, clinical practice, legal or compliance work, executive and organizational leadership, insurance and risk, and other contexts where ethical reasoning is central.

5. Can I use real client, patient, or employee information?

No. You should not enter real names, contact details, identification numbers, or other personally identifiable information. Describe scenarios in an anonymized way using roles, relationships, and context rather than specific identities.

6. How is this different from a general AI chatbot?

Ethics Navigator is designed specifically for ethical and complex decision contexts. It:

• Uses multiple specialized agents representing different lenses (for example, rights, welfare, policy, stakeholder impacts).
• Organizes results into routes, tradeoffs, and implications rather than a single free-form answer.
• Is focused on supporting deliberation and reflection rather than giving a single recommendation.

The goal is not to generate generic content, but to help you see the structure of the dilemma more clearly.

7. Is my data private?

We aim to minimize the amount of identifying information processed and ask you not to include any real-world identifiers in your case descriptions. For more detail on how information is collected, stored, and used, please see our Privacy Policy.

8. Who should use Ethics Navigator?

The tool is designed for professionals who routinely face complex decisions, such as:

• Executive and leadership coaches.
• Leaders and managers handling sensitive decisions.
• Social services and child protection professionals.
• Healthcare and clinical practitioners.
• Legal, compliance, and risk professionals.

It may also be useful for anyone who wants to reflect more systematically on ethically significant choices.

9. How should I integrate this with my existing practice?

Ethics Navigator is intended to complement, not replace, your existing processes. You might:

• Use it to explore options and considerations before supervision, consultation, or team discussion.
• Use it to prepare for a conversation with a client, colleague, or leadership group.
• Use it to document your reasoning process for your own records.

10. What are the limitations I should keep in mind?

AI-generated content can be incomplete, incorrect, or biased. You should:

• Treat results as prompts for reflection and not as instructions.
• Cross-check critical information with trusted human and documentary sources.
• Apply your own ethical, professional, and legal standards at all times.

11. Can I rely on this tool for high-stakes or emergency decisions?

In urgent or high-stakes situations, you should prioritize established protocols, supervisory structures, and legal or clinical requirements. Ethics Navigator may help illuminate issues, but it should not delay or replace time-critical actions that are required by your role, law, or organizational policy.

12. What should I do if I think the output is wrong or problematic?

You should always treat unexpected or concerning output with caution. If you believe content is biased, incorrect, or unhelpful:

• Discard it as you would any poor advice.
• Use it as an opportunity to clarify your own reasoning.
• Rely on human experts, supervisors, or ethics resources for resolution.

13. How can I give feedback or suggest improvements?

We welcome feedback about how the Service works in real cases and how it might better support your practice. If you have comments, feature requests, or concerns, please contact us at:

info@sentienta.ai