Esteem Conformity
Updated 2026-08-15
INTRODUCTION
English translation pending.
CORE DEFINITION
A Mohist doctrine holding that disorder arises from everyone holding a private standard of right, and that order requires each level to align its judgements with the level above, up to heaven itself. Applied to organisations, it prescribes unified objectives and a single line of authority during expansion. The qualification is that alignment concerns shared purpose rather than the suppression of dissent, since eliminating all disagreement also eliminates the information a leader needs.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
- Use Objective Unification: establish one shared set of objectives once the organisation scales past informal coordination. - Use Escalation Discipline: route contested decisions upward rather than letting units diverge silently.
Anchor fast decisions
Small groups coordinate by conversation, but as an organisation grows, private standards multiply and effort is spent resolving conflicts rather than executing. A common standard replaces many local judgements with one, which reduces internal friction at the cost of the diversity those judgements carried.
MINIMUM ACTION
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