decentralized hospitality movement
Catholic Worker Movement
Industry Religion
A decentralized Catholic-inspired movement of houses of hospitality, voluntary poverty, mutual aid, antiwar witness, and local service. It scores very well because it is unusually low-extraction and materially solidarity-oriented, though it remains informal, uneven, and dependent on local communities rather than locked governance.
Why this matters: Catholic Worker is a strong positive religious anchor for voluntary poverty and direct solidarity.
Letter grade A Good High confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
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Evaluation Overview
A - Good
The score turns mainly on Extraction, with the largest penalty coming from Reversibility.
Strengths
- Extraction9/10
- Ownership7/10
- Solidarity with the Unemployed7/7
Penalties
- Reversibility-5
- Accountability Opacity-2
- Identity Capture-1
- Ideological Disavowal-1
Evidence state
- ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
- Linked claims18
- Direct axis claims18
- Coverage18/18
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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7 / 10 |
Catholic Worker Movement sits at 7 on Ownership because catholic Worker Movement is governed as an institutional religious body rather than by worker, member-consumer, or affected-community ownership.. Linked evidence
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Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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6 / 10 |
Catholic Worker Movement sits at 6 on Governance because catholic Worker governance is decentralized through local houses and communities rather than investor or clerical corporate ownership, though practice varies by house.. Linked evidence
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Extraction
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Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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9 / 10 |
Catholic Worker Movement sits at 9 on Extraction because catholic Worker Movement's resource flows depend on donations, institutional assets, dues, offerings, or affiliated service systems rather than democratic surplus return to affected people.. Linked evidence
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Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
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6 / 7 |
Catholic Worker Movement sits at 6 on Labor Sovereignty because catholic Worker Movement's clergy, staff, volunteers, or members operate inside religious authority structures with limited… Linked evidence
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Solidarity with the
Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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7 / 7 |
Catholic Worker Movement sits at 7 on Solidarity Unemployed because catholic Worker Movement's public record shows some ministry, charity, or mutual-aid orientation, but not a universal structural guarantee for people outside paid work.. Linked evidence
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Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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7 / 7 |
Catholic Worker Movement sits at 7 on Loss Bearing Fidelity because catholic Worker Movement's mission language and public-service work show some willingness to absorb cost for values, while accountability still depends on institutional discretion.. Linked evidence
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Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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5 / 5 |
Catholic Worker Movement sits at 5 on Market Conduct because catholic Worker Movement is not an ordinary seller, but it controls access to religious community, services, identity, donations, or institutional recognition.. Linked evidence
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Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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5 / 5 |
Catholic Worker Movement sits at 5 on Product Integrity because catholic Worker houses provide hospitality, food, shelter, solidarity, and antiwar public witness with unusually strong non-extractive product integrity.. Linked evidence
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Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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3 / 5 |
Catholic Worker Movement sits at 3 on Scale Integrity because catholic Worker Movement's scale gives it public importance and service capacity, while also magnifying hierarchy, opacity, and identity pressure.. Linked evidence
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Penalties
| Penalty | Applied | Why this penalty |
|---|---|---|
Reversibility
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Applied when positive conduct depends on current living leaders,
founders, family owners, or other person-contingent governance rather
than durable structure. Range: -5 to 0.
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-5 |
Catholic Worker Movement is penalized at -5 on Reversibility because catholic Worker Movement's positive conduct depends on present leadership, doctrine, boards, religious culture, or… Linked evidence
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Accountability Opacity
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Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability
structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.
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-2 |
Catholic Worker Movement is penalized at -2 on Accountability Opacity because catholic Worker Movement's public accountability is limited by religious hierarchy, internal processes, donor opacity, abuse-reporting gaps, or incomplete financial transparency.. Linked evidence
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Identity Capture
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Customer pressure, employee pressure, and pervasive identity saturation.
Range: -3 to 0.
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-1 |
Catholic Worker Movement is penalized at -1 on Identity Capture because catholic Worker identity is explicit and religiously rooted, but the movement is less identity-capturing because… Linked evidence
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Ideological Disavowal
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Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional
necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or
non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.
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-1 |
Catholic Worker Movement is penalized at -1 on Ideological Disavowal because catholic Worker Movement presents religious or moral authority as truth, service, tradition, or neutrality in ways that can obscure its institutional standpoint and power.. Linked evidence
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Bonus Credits
| Bonus | Credit | Why this credit |
|---|---|---|
Openness to Dissent
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Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public
dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.
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2 / 3 |
Catholic Worker Movement gets limited positive credit on Openness To Dissent because catholic Worker Movement's public structures provide some channels for criticism or reform, but dissent remains bounded by religious authority and institutional control.. Linked evidence
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Constitutional Spirit
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Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms
even where private law does not strictly require it.
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3 / 3 |
Catholic Worker Movement gets limited positive credit on Constitutional Spirit because catholic Worker Movement's public work includes some civil-society value, but internal religious governance is not equivalent to public constitutional accountability.. Linked evidence
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Good Deal
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Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low
lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
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3 / 3 |
Catholic Worker Movement gets limited positive credit on Good Deal because catholic Worker Movement provides community, services, aid, education, advocacy, or spiritual goods that can have practical value outside ordinary market exchange.. Linked evidence
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Cost Transparency
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Credit for clear posted prices, all-in fees, unit costs, public rate
cards, margin/cost visibility, or surplus-allocation transparency,
especially in markets where opaque quotes, hidden fees, or
individualized pricing are normal.
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2 / 3 |
Catholic Worker Movement gets limited positive credit on Cost Transparency because catholic Worker Movement's public materials disclose some institutional information, but donations,… Linked evidence
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Anti-Scapegoating Culture
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Credit for documented non-punitive practices that prevent scapegoating,
mobbing, and isolate-and-expel dynamics. Ordinary civility, peer
support, or anti-bullying branding is not enough; the practice must also
avoid public shaming, punitive pile-ons, and scapegoating of alleged
scapegoaters.
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1 / 3 |
Catholic Worker Movement gets limited positive credit on Anti Scapegoating Culture because catholic Worker Movement's current record does not document a robust, non-punitive anti-scapegoating practice strong enough for credit on this axis.. Linked evidence
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Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
High 83/100
18 verified linked claims 18 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 18/18 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 20/20
18 verified linked claims
Source quality 10/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 14/18
18 direct claims across 18 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 14, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 10/10
18/18 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1Catholic Worker Movement is governed as an institutional religious body rather than by worker, member-consumer, or affected-community ownership.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
2Catholic Worker governance is decentralized through local houses and communities rather than investor or clerical corporate ownership, though practice varies by house.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
3Catholic Worker Movement's resource flows depend on donations, institutional assets, dues, offerings, or affiliated service systems rather than democratic surplus return to affected people.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
4Catholic Worker Movement's clergy, staff, volunteers, or members operate inside religious authority structures with limited worker sovereignty compared with co-determined or worker-owned institutions.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
5Catholic Worker Movement's public record shows some ministry, charity, or mutual-aid orientation, but not a universal structural guarantee for people outside paid work.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
6Catholic Worker Movement's mission language and public-service work show some willingness to absorb cost for values, while accountability still depends on institutional discretion.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
7Catholic Worker Movement is not an ordinary seller, but it controls access to religious community, services, identity, donations, or institutional recognition.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
8Catholic Worker houses provide hospitality, food, shelter, solidarity, and antiwar public witness with unusually strong non-extractive product integrity.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
9Catholic Worker Movement's scale gives it public importance and service capacity, while also magnifying hierarchy, opacity, and identity pressure.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
10Catholic Worker Movement's public structures provide some channels for criticism or reform, but dissent remains bounded by religious authority and institutional control.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
11Catholic Worker Movement's public work includes some civil-society value, but internal religious governance is not equivalent to public constitutional accountability.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
12Catholic Worker Movement provides community, services, aid, education, advocacy, or spiritual goods that can have practical value outside ordinary market exchange.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
13Catholic Worker Movement's public materials disclose some institutional information, but donations, assets, internal costs, or affiliated finances are not fully transparent to affected people.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
14Catholic Worker Movement's current record does not document a robust, non-punitive anti-scapegoating practice strong enough for credit on this axis.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
15Catholic Worker Movement's positive conduct depends on present leadership, doctrine, boards, religious culture, or discretionary institutional practice rather than locked affected-stakeholder control.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
16Catholic Worker Movement's public accountability is limited by religious hierarchy, internal processes, donor opacity, abuse-reporting gaps, or incomplete financial transparency.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
17Catholic Worker identity is explicit and religiously rooted, but the movement is less identity-capturing because voluntary service and local hospitality are more central than institutional membership control.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
18Catholic Worker Movement presents religious or moral authority as truth, service, tradition, or neutrality in ways that can obscure its institutional standpoint and power.
- Catholic Worker MovementGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker historyGeneral web source · 58%
- Catholic Worker housesGeneral web source · 58%
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