# Hierarchy decay

`kaal:entity:hierarchy-decay`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `hierarchy-decay`. 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

2 claims across 1 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3782220-030](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782220-030) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- A centralized hierarchy becomes too rigid when those policing the rules gain more power than the members who honor the transcendental value that originally founded the organization, and the spirit of the law should always reign above the letter of the law.
  > A centralized hierarchy becomes too rigid when those policing the rules gain more power than the members who are honoring the transcendental value that originally founded the organization. The spirit of the law should always reign above the letter of the law.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220
- [3782220-031](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782220-031) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- As an organization loses touch with its transcendental values, members use the rules to jockey for position in the hierarchy and corruption erodes the organization's effectiveness.
  > As an organization loses touch with its transcendental values, members use the rules to jockey for position in the hierarchy, and corruption erodes the effective- ness of the organization.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220

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