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Gradual, often invisible degradation of institutional operating architecture through accumulated small compromises, personnel changes, and environmental shifts. Architectural drift is dangerous because no single change is visible as failure—the institution functions until stress reveals accumulated degradation. IOA monitoring detects architectural drift before crisis.
A professional body's ethics review process still exists but has drifted: experienced reviewers have left, documentation has lapsed, escalation pathways are unclear. Each change was minor; accumulated, they've hollowed the process. Drift is revealed only when a significant case exposes the degradation.
Section 6: What IOA Is Not