# kaal:claim:3782192-019

**Claim.** The second necessity for long-term stability is that the organization hold to its ideals and transcendental values, so that the spirit of the law overrides the letter of the law.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- organizations seeking long-term stability

**Source quote.**

> Second, the organization needs to hold to its ideals, its tran- scendental values. The spirit of the law must override the letter of the law.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Introduction to Decentralization* (2021), Overview & Introduction: The process of organizational development, page 5

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192

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**Topics.** governance-design

**Keywords.** transcendental-values, spirit-of-the-law, stability, governance-design

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