Agents on a Mission
This term describes an AI system that can independently take actions to achieve a goal rather than only responding to prompts.
What is agentic AI?
This Accenture document guides employees to act with integrity and make ethical decisions every day.
What is the Code of Business Ethics
This type of scam message pretends to be from a trusted company and asks you to click a link or provide personal information.
Phishing
In agentic AI, this component defines the desired outcome or objective the agent is trying to accomplish.
What is a goal?
Accenture encourages employees to do this if they see unethical or illegal behavior.
What is speak up?
Instead of clicking a link, this safer action lets you verify where a web address really leads.
What is hovering over the link?
Agentic AI systems often use this process to decide what action to take next based on goals, context, and available tools.
What is planning (or decision-making)?
Accenture has zero tolerance for this against employees who raise concerns.
What is retaliation?
This part of an email address often reveals a phishing attempt when it looks slightly misspelled or unfamiliar.
What is the sender’s domain?
This capability allows an agentic AI to improve its behavior over time by learning from past actions and outcomes.
What is learning?
This fundamental behavior focuses on following local, national, and regional laws
What is Comply with Laws?
Attackers who send fake text messages pretending to be delivery services or banks are using this phishing method.
SMishing
This term describes when an AI confidently produces information that is incorrect or entirely made up.
What is a Hallucination?
Accenture expects ethical behavior toward colleagues, clients, partners, and these groups.
What are communities?
The single best action to take when you receive a suspicious message at work—before clicking anything.
What is reporting it to IT or Security?