# Information flow

`kaal:entity:information-flow`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 6 claims that carry the concept tag `information-flow`. 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

6 claims across 5 works, 2013 to 2022.

**2013**

- [2317580-021](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2317580-021) [mechanism/argued] -- Certification requirements push directors to demand more detailed reports from corporate officers and to take a greater role in overseeing compliance with both the CIA and federal regulations.
  > The certification requirements can lead directors to require more detailed reports from the corporate officers and take a greater role in overseeing the company's compliance with both the CIA and federal regulations.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Elizabeth R. Malay, The Role of Corporate Integrity Agreements in the Expansion of Fiduciary Duties (2013). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2317580
- [2317580-028](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2317580-028) [mechanism/argued] -- Because CIAs mandate a chief compliance officer and dictate how that officer interacts with the board, they increase the board's knowledge and monitoring of compliance, and a board possessing such knowledge should play a bigger role in ensuring that the company meets federal and state standards.
  > More specifically, because CIAs often mandate a CCO and dictate how the CCO interacts with the board, CIAs can increase boards' knowledge and monitoring of the company's compliance.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Elizabeth R. Malay, The Role of Corporate Integrity Agreements in the Expansion of Fiduciary Duties (2013). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2317580

**2017**

- [2922176-027](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2922176-027) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Centralized, hierarchical environments do not value honesty and reward good news only, so nobody wants to carry bad news upward, and problems are therefore detected late.
  > Honesty is often not valued in a centralized, hierarchical environment. In the heavily mediated and redacted corporate world, the focus is on "good news only." Nobody wants to be the messenger delivering bad news. This attitude often results in the late detection of issues and implications.
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, The ‘Unmediated’ and ‘Tech-Driven’ Corporate Governance of Today's Winning Companies (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2922176

**2019**

- [3406323-001](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3406323-001) [mechanism/asserted] -- Decentralized systems lack a central intelligence or leadership hierarchy; instead intelligence is distributed through the system and information enters at the edges, closer to where action occurs and where real time information is generated.
  > decentralized systems do not have a central intelligence or leadership system with traditional hierarchies. Instead, the intelligence is spread throughout the system.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3406323
- [3411897-002](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3411897-002) [definitional/asserted] -- Decentralized systems have no central intelligence or hierarchical leadership; intelligence is instead spread throughout the system, and information filters in at the edges where the action is and where most real time information is created.
  > systems do not have a central intelligence or leadership system based on traditional hierarchies. Instead, the intelligence is spread throughout the system. Information and knowledge naturally filter in at the edges of the system
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - Past, Present, and Future (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3411897

**2022**

- [4067783-027](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4067783-027) [mechanism/argued] -- Anonymity lets information flow from the edges of the system, from individuals who would have no agency in centralized structures, and such inputs are much less likely to materialize if DAO participants know each other.
  > allows information to flow from the edges of the system with individuals who would have no agency in centralized structures but can add invaluable input into the system. Such inputs will not materialize, or are much less likely to materialize, if DAO participants know each other.
  Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Fallacies (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4067783

## Verify

Every claim above resolves to a record carrying a verbatim source quote, the sha256 of the source PDF, and a preformatted citation. Nothing here asks to be taken on trust.

    curl -s https://wulfkaal.github.io/entities/information-flow.md | sha256sum

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