Governance

Governed by the Market.
Built for the Market.

PRSC™ is a neutral standards body — independent of any single organization, brand, agency, or platform. Its authority comes from the market it serves and the rigor of the Standard it maintains.

Why We Built This

A market that moves $100B+ deserves an institution.

Every mature market has a standards body — for accounting, for credit, for security, for measurement. Partnership and sponsorship, uniquely, do not.

PRSC exists to fill that gap: to build the durable, non-commercial infrastructure the industry has always lacked, so capital can be deployed with the confidence that mature markets require.

Market

Standards Body

  • AccountingGAAP / IFRS
  • CreditFICO®
  • Information SecurityISO/IEC 27001
  • Media MeasurementMRC
  • Partnership ReadinessPRSC

Every mature market. One institution each.

The Architecture

Three layers. One institution.

A layered structure that separates governance, methodology, and market perspective — each independent, each accountable.

01

Governing Body

The Council itself. Sets the constitution, approves methodology versions, and safeguards independence.

  • Constitution
  • Methodology approval
  • Independence
02

Methodology Committee

Practitioners and researchers who develop, peer-review, and version the Standard. Publishes changes, rationale, and calibration data.

  • Peer review
  • Version control
  • Calibration
03

Advisory Network

Rotating advisors from organizations, brands, media, academia, and government. Ensures the Standard evolves with the market it serves.

  • Rotating seats
  • Cross-sector
  • Market signal

Authority is earned through governance.

PRSC does not exist to represent any one organization.

It exists to protect the integrity of the Standard.

Every governance layer exists for a single purpose: to ensure that a PRSC Readiness Score means the same thing tomorrow as it does today.

Constitution v1.0 · 2026 · Reviewed annually by the Council.

Independence Commitments

The hard promises that keep the Standard credible.

Independence is not a claim. It is a set of structural commitments — written into the constitution, audited annually, and enforced by the Council.

  • No commercial revenue from scored organizations.

  • Published conflict-of-interest registers for every Council and Committee member.

  • Open-licensed methodology, versioned in public.

  • Term-limited Council seats with published rotation cadence.

  • Annual independent audit of governance and methodology adherence.

Establishing the Standard

Constitutional milestones, not a product roadmap.

The chronology by which an institution comes into being.

  1. 01

    Constitution Adopted

  2. 02

    Founding Council Seated

  3. 03

    Methodology Version 1 Published

  4. 04

    First Readiness Scores Issued

  5. 05

    Continuous Governance

Independent

Transparent

Peer-Reviewed

Versioned

Founding Board — Register Interest

Shape the institution.

PRSC is seating its founding governing body. Senior industry leaders may submit a statement of interest for the Council's consideration.

  • Senior industry standing

    Executive or peer-recognized authority in partnership, sponsorship, or adjacent markets.

  • Fixed-term commitment

    Council seats serve defined terms with published rotation cadence.

  • Peer-nominated selection

    Statements of interest are reviewed by the founding secretariat and existing Council members.

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