# Good faith

`kaal:entity:good-faith`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `good-faith`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 2 works, 2021 to 2025.

**2021**

- [3782203-023](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782203-023) [condition/argued] -- For mutually beneficial long-term cooperation to thrive, contracts must be reviewable on the assumption of good faith from both parties when unintended consequences arise.
  > For mutually-beneficial, long-term cooperation to thrive, it is nec- essary to allow review of contracts assuming good faith from both parties when unin- tended consequences arise.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, A Technical Perspective on Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782203

**2025**

- [5886342-034](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5886342-034) [design/asserted] -- DAO members owe each other duties of good faith, transparency and loyalty within the scope of the DAO Agreement, which imports fiduciary style obligations into a relationship that would otherwise be purely contractual.
  > (3) DAO Members owe each other duties of good faith, transparency, and loyalty within the scope of
  Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5886342
- [5886342-036](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5886342-036) [design/asserted] -- Where an external claim is brought against a DAO member for actions taken in good faith on behalf of the DAO and within its mandate, the DAO indemnifies that member out of the treasury, with no indemnification beyond the treasury and none where the member acted with gross negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith.
  > (3) If an external claim is brought against a DAO Member for actions undertaken in good faith on be-
  Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5886342

## Verify

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    curl -s https://wulfkaal.github.io/entities/good-faith.md | sha256sum

**Canonical form.** This markdown file is the canonical hashed representation of this entity node. Its sha256 is the content hash.