How We Work

Our Approach

The Problem with Conventional Compliance

Most compliance efforts confuse activity with outcome.

A policy is written. A report is published. A supplier signs a code of conduct. None of this proves you knew what was happening. None of this proves you acted on red flags.

When accountability arrives — through enforcement, litigation, or public scrutiny — what matters is not what you documented. It's what you structured.

How Archon Works Differently

We start with exposure, not aspiration.

We don't ask what your values are. We ask: where would failure to act create liability?

We map that risk structurally:

• What information exists, and where does it stop?
• What triggers escalation, and who decides?
• What constitutes a red flag, and is anyone watching for it?

We design systems, not narratives.

Governance is architecture. It's how a board learns what it needs to know — not through crisis, but through routine function.

We build:

• Information flows that surface mission-critical risks
• Escalation protocols that prevent "we weren't told"
• Oversight cadences that create defensible decision trails

We stress-test against real cases.

We use OECD Watch complaints, labor rights cases, enforcement actions. We reconstruct what happened, when red flags appeared, and where oversight failed.

Then we ask: if this were your company, what would your board have known? What should they have known? And could they prove they acted?

Core Concepts We Operationalize

Willful Blindness

Choosing not to inquire when facts suggest risk. Legally, this is treated as knowledge. We structure inquiry as obligation, not discretion.

Cosmetic Compliance

Policies that exist to appear compliant but are not operationally integrated. We identify where form diverges from function — and we fix it.

Recidivism Detection

One-time audits don't reveal patterns. We design monitoring systems that catch repeat failures, not just initial violations.

Board Oversight

Directors are not absolved by delegation. We define what boards must know directly, and we create mechanisms to ensure they do.

The Outcome: Not a better story. A better structure.

When scrutiny comes — and it will — your governance holds. You can show what you knew, how you knew it, and what you did.

That's not marketing. That's liability management.