worker cooperative founding movement
Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956
Industry Historical
The founding moment of Ulgor and the Mondragon cooperative movement in the Basque Country. It scores high because production was organized around worker membership, cooperative education, and community development rather than investor ownership, though early scale and founder dependence limit the snapshot.
Why this matters: This is a positive historical anchor for business as democratic production.
Letter grade A Good Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
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Evaluation Overview
A - Good
The score turns mainly on Ownership, with the largest penalty coming from Reversibility.
Strengths
- Ownership10/10
- Governance8/10
- Extraction8/10
Penalties
- Reversibility-5
- Accountability Opacity-2
Evidence state
- ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
- Linked claims18
- Direct axis claims17
- Coverage16/16
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
?
Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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10 / 10 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
|
Governance
?
Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
|
8 / 10 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
|
Extraction
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Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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8 / 10 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
|
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.
|
7 / 7 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
|
Solidarity with the
Unemployed
?
Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
|
6 / 7 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
|
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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6 / 7 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
|
Market Conduct
?
Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
|
4 / 5 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
|
Product Integrity
?
Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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4 / 5 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
|
Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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4 / 5 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
|
Penalties
| Penalty | Applied | Why this penalty |
|---|---|---|
Reversibility
?
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.
|
-5 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
|
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 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
|
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.
|
2 / 3 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
|
Constitutional Spirit
?
Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms
even where private law does not strictly require it.
|
2 / 3 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
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Good Deal
?
Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low
lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
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2 / 3 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
|
Cost Transparency
?
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.
|
1 / 3 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
|
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 |
The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises. Linked evidence
|
Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
Medium 77/100
18 verified linked claims 17 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 16/16 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 14/20
18 verified linked claims
Source quality 10/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 14/18
17 direct claims across 16 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 10/10
16/16 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.1Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence.
- MONDRAGON: historyGeneral web source · 58%
2Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history.
- Encyclopedia.com: Mondragon Cooperative CorporationGeneral web source · 58%
3Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for ownership based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
4Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for governance based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
5Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for extraction based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
6Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for labor sovereignty based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
7Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for solidarity unemployed based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
8Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for loss bearing fidelity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
9Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for market conduct based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
10Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for product integrity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
11Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for scale integrity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
12Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for openness to dissent based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
13Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for constitutional spirit based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
14Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for good deal based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
15Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for cost transparency based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
16Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for anti scapegoating culture based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
17Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for reversibility based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
18Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for disclosure based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
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