# kaal:claim:3782192-021

**Claim.** Rigidity generates corruption: because a rigid organization ignores new information incompatible with its structure, the unexploited value creates an opportunity for an individual to capture it for personal advantage rather than for the group.

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

**Holds when.**

- rigid organizations facing a changing environment

**Source quote.**

> And so, an opportunity is born for an individual to exploit this opportunity for personal advantage since the organization was too rigid to take advantage of the opportunity collectively in pursuit of their shared goals.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Introduction to Decentralization* (2021), Basic idea, page 6

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

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**Failure mode.** Rigidity breeding private capture of ignored opportunity  (family: rule-obsolescence-and-ossification)

**Topics.** regulatory-failure

**Keywords.** rigidity, corruption, information-at-the-edge, opportunity-capture

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