HCDI Certified Independent Reviewer
Part I Source and reference maps
Protected unit register
| Unit | Reference only |
| 4.11 | Unit 4.11 - Testing scores and conclusions against the methodology / - excluded. |
| 4.12 | Unit 4.12 - Testing corrective actions against the methodology's attribute rules / - excluded. |
Chapter source map
| Chapter | Physical PDF page |
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 9 |
| 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 |
| 9 | 10 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 10 |
| 12 | 10 |
| 13 | 11 |
| 14 | 11 |
Unit source map
| Unit | Physical PDF page |
| 4.1 | 12 |
| 4.2 | 12 |
| 4.3 | 13 |
| 4.4 | 13 |
| 4.5 | 13 |
| 4.6 | 13 |
| 4.7 | 14 |
| 4.8 | 14 |
| 4.9 | 14 |
| 4.10 | 15 |
| 4.11 | 15 |
| 4.12 | 15 |
References
S4. HCDI GLOBAL PTE. LTD. (2026). HCDI-Pilot-Level-4-Independent-Reviewer-Complete.pdf. Edition 1.0 pilot, Candidate for HCDI Approval. User-supplied PDF. Public classification proposed; approval and classification qualifications retained. SHA-256: 14663b8956ad060155c47598123413e47e7057d8ddd2c6c6271a8f341c6dbc9a
R5. OECD (2023). G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance 2023. OECD Publishing. External board and disclosure context; local law and HCDI rules remain separate.
https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2023/09/g20-oecd-principles-of-corporate-governance-2023_60836fcb.html
R7. Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1974). Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases. Science, 185(4157), 1124-1131. DOI 10.1126/science.185.4157.1124. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.185.4157.1124
Research context for R7 - judgement can be influenced by an initial frame and by readily available examples. Use this classic research as background to the discussion of careful reading, not as evidence that HCDI is validated or that a reviewer is free of bias. No experimental estimate is transferred to a fictional case, and no protected methodology test is derived from the paper.
External bibliographic records and publisher or primary-source pages were checked on 22 October 2026. Citation does not imply that the external author endorses HCDI or that HCDI has validated the cited theory. Works named only in the pilot remain indirect references unless listed above.
Source documents mentioned but not supplied
The pilot refers to Edition 0.3 curriculum documents, a Study Companion, certificate designs, controlled registers and platform decisions. These were not separately supplied or independently inspected. Their content is described only to the extent the supplied pilot states it. No missing rule, implementation detail or current approval is inferred.
Working vocabulary
Source note
Source basis - supplied Level 4 pilot glossary, physical PDF page 16. Wording is condensed; source qualifications apply. The Integrity Event entry follows the public body distinction between suspicion and determination rather than the Level 1 glossary shorthand.
| Term | Meaning in the public source |
| Assigned Independent Reviewer | An outside-firm reviewer assigned by HCDI Compliance for one assessment; not the Internal Reviewer. |
| Internal Reviewer | The HCDI role with reserved conflict, action-approval, check and confirmation responsibilities in the public source. |
| Independence attestation | A statement on file concerning the source independence conditions. |
| Review completion | The assigned reviewer's one act, recorded last as a release condition. |
| Reviewer-shopping | Replacing a reviewer until a favourable completion is obtained. |
| Revocation | Reasoned ending of an assignment; access ends and any completion becomes stale. |
| Stale review | A completion no longer applicable after the source-defined action change, return to draft or revocation. |
| Founding Six substitute | Review by an Internal Reviewer without an engagement role, under the disclosed programme arrangement; not a Level 4 assignment. |
| Release conditions | The six public conditions required before finalization. |
| Watermark | A mark identifying the report as a draft rather than an issued document. |
Edition review record
| Review item | Treatment |
| Scope | Source chapter and unit sequence retained. |
| Protected content | Reference-only unit entries; no teaching examples or equations. |
| Cases and figures | Source cases distinguished from original fictional exercises; conceptual figures labelled. |
| Scheme status | Pilot and held positions remain qualified. |
| Pagination | The final PDF page count is reported in the delivery quality record. Markdown is reflowable and has no invariant page count. |