Clause 4

ISO/IEC 42001 / Context of the organization

This part asks the organization to map the internal and external factors, the people affected, and the boundaries that decide what its AI management system needs to cover.

Think of it likeBefore setting house rules, you take stock of who lives here, who visits, what the neighborhood is like, and which rooms the rules will actually apply to.

In plain English

The organization writes down why it uses AI, who is affected by it, and exactly which AI systems and activities fall inside the program's scope.