# kaal:claim:3652481-004

**Claim.** A DAO realigns the otherwise disparate interests of principals and agents because all participants in the DAO share the same goal, which reduces behavior contrary to the interests of the organization.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> Incentives are realigned between otherwise disparate interests of principals and agents because all participants in a DAO share the same goal, which reduces behavior that is contrary to the interests of the organization.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design* (2020), II.3 Addressing Age-Old Problems, page 14

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design (2020). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3652481

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**Topics.** ai-and-agents, corporate-governance, risk-and-incentives, dao, governance-design

**Keywords.** principal-agent-problem, incentive-alignment, agency-costs, dao-governance

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3373393-018
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3949098-022

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