IAW

In Accordance With. 

A familiar term to anyone who has served in the military.

IAW Defence Instruction PERS 34-4, I...

IAW Chief of Defence Force Directive, I...

IAW the directions of my Commander, I...

'I am making this decision as the servant of an inanimate, objective, indifferent, neutral pardon-me-and-no-offence-and-I-couldn't-care-less-I've-never-even-met-you-let-along-formed-an-opinion-about-your-mother source of authority.'

Not iaw my ego.

Not iaw my personal Widget.

Not iaw my biases.

Not iaw my instinct.

Not iaw I got out of the left side of the bed today.

Step 2 of the Five Steps to a Good Decision is to Name the Issue.

One way to do this is to check our decision making authority.

Try drafting an announcement of your decision that begins with:

'In accordance with...'