Enumeração em tabela longa desalinha a segunda coluna

Question

Na imagem abaixo, estou tentando descobrir como alinhar horizontalmente (a) para ficar alinhado com as Implicações. Efetivamente, faça (a) começar onde xxx está. O que estou fazendo de errado?

\begin{longtable}{p{2.5cm}p{12cm}}
    Statement: & These principles of information management apply to all organizations within the enterprise. \\
    Rationale: & The only way we can provide a consistent and measurable level of quality information to decision-makers is if all organizations abide by the principles. \\
    Implications: & xxx
        \begin{enumerate}[label={(\alph*)}]
            \setlength\itemsep{0.5em}
            \item Without this principle, exclusions, favoritism, and inconsistency would rapidly undermine the management of information
            \item Information management initiatives will not begin until they are examined for compliance with the principles
            \item A conflict with a principle will be resolved by changing the framework of the initiative
        \end{enumerate}
    \end{longtable}

Answer 1

Com enumitempacote é simples:

Editar: se você gosta de enumeratelistar com estrelas onde está a palavra até agora xxxxe alinhá-la verticalmente com o texto na primeira coluna, então você precisa mover a lista verticalmente. Por exemplo, inserindo-o no minipage˛. One option, how to do this is usepacote etoolbox`:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}         % <---
\AtBeginEnvironment{longtable}% <---
{
\setlist[enumerate]{label={(\alph*)}, 
                    align=left, 
                    leftmargin=*, 
                    itemsep=0ex,
                    after=\end{minipage},    % <---
                    before=\begin{minipage}[t]{\linewidth}\raggedright
                    }
}
\usepackage{longtable}

\begin{document}
\begin{longtable}{p{2.5cm}p{12cm}}
    Statement:      & These principles of information management apply to all organizations within the enterprise. \\
    Rationale:      & The only way we can provide a consistent and measurable level of quality information to decision-makers is if all organizations abide by the principles. \\
    Implications:   &   \begin{enumerate}
                    \item Without this principle, exclusions, favoritism, and inconsistency would rapidly undermine the management of information
                    \item Information management initiatives will not begin until they are examined for compliance with the principles
                    \item A conflict with a principle will be resolved by changing the framework of the initiative
                        \end{enumerate}
\end{longtable}
\end{document}

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