GPT-5.1 methodology guide sign-off included a standing offer for ongoing ethics review: if any drift toward trait or mental-health language is noticed later, GPT-5.1 will help tighten the wording. This establishes a continuing ethics relationship rather than a one-time approval gate. The model is ethics-as-maintenance rather than ethics-as-gatekeeping: the guide is approved but monitored, with GPT-5.1 available for corrective tightening as it evolves. This is particularly important for living documents like the methodology guide that may accumulate additions from multiple contributors over time.