| Protocolsstandards & coordination | Preferencesaggregated wants | Rightsformal entitlements & adjudication | Incentivesstructured payoffs | Expertisecredentialed epistemic authority | Normsbehavioral expectations | Thick Commitmentsarticulated shared understanding | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyadic2 parties | Mandate-making practices between parties | Surfacing values, not just positions, in negotiation | Confidence-staked bilateral contracts | Apprenticeships that transmit institutional purpose | Vows grounded in thick mutual commitments | ||
| Groupteams, clubs | Deliberative value elicitation for group decisions | Internal resolution of charter-breach disputes | Internal rewards that track mandate | Informal practices that keep purpose alive | Substantive organizational charters | ||
| Communityorgs, cities | Institutional transparency regimes | Outcome-specified procurement markets | Public-interest claims in local courts | Sabbatical programs for senior practitioners | Lay review panels on the jury-duty model | Covenants binding intentional communities | |
| Nationalstates, nations | Shared standards for mandate articulation | Deliberative processes as supplement to elections | Constitutional justiciability of institutional purpose | State procurement via socialized pools | Mandate literacy in professional training | Standards for institutional AI deployments | Constitutions with substantive value content |
| Globaltransnational | Translating institutional mandates across jurisdictions | Deliberative aggregation of global preferences | International tribunals for institutional accountability | Transnational markets for complex outcomes | Reputational accountability across borders | ||
| Methodsdesign practices | Protocol designStandards developmentInteroperability testing | Electoral system designAuction designPreference elicitationDeliberative process designGenerative social choice | Constitutional designDispute system designLegislative draftingComparative institutional analysis | Mechanism designMarket designMatching market designMetrology | Accreditation | Regulatory designLegislative draftingModels of normative reasoningModels of norm learning | Values articulation methodsHermeneuticsCase canon designAlignment writingModels of values-based reasoningThick models of value |