Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956

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

Final Score 58* A - Good

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material57
Bonus+8
Cap66No structure cap
After Cap65
Penalties-7
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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.
10 / 10

The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for ownership based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [3]
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.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for governance based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [4]
Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.
8 / 10

The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for extraction based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [5]
Labor Sovereignty
?
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.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for labor sovereignty based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [6]
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.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for solidarity unemployed based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [7]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
?
Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.
6 / 7

The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for loss bearing fidelity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [8]
Market Conduct
?
Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
4 / 5

The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for market conduct based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [9]
Product Integrity
?
Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
4 / 5

The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for product integrity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [10]
Scale Integrity
?
Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
4 / 5

The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for scale integrity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [11]

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.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for reversibility based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [17]
Accountability Opacity
?
Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.
-2

The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for disclosure based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [18]

Bonus Credits

Bonus Credit Why this credit
Openness to Dissent
?
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.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for openness to dissent based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [12]
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.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for constitutional spirit based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [13]
Good Deal
?
Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
2 / 3

The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for good deal based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [14]
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.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for cost transparency based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [15]
Anti-Scapegoating Culture
?
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.
1 / 3

The year 1956 captures the movement before later scale compromises.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1956, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: MONDRAGON describes the 1956 foundation stone of Ulgor and the cooperative movement's emergence. [1]
  • context Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history. [2]
  • Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for anti scapegoating culture based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [16]

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

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending
VerificationUnverified
ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
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Claims and Sources

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* 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.

Governance Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

2Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956: Encyclopedia.com summarizes Mondragon's cooperative principles and worker-member history.

Human Harm Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

3Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for ownership based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Ownership Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

4Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for governance based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Governance Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

5Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for extraction based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Extraction Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

6Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for labor sovereignty based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Labor Sovereignty Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

7Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for solidarity unemployed based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Solidarity Unemployed Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

8Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for loss bearing fidelity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Loss Bearing Fidelity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

9Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for market conduct based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Market Conduct Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

10Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for product integrity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Product Integrity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

11Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for scale integrity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Scale Integrity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

12Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for openness to dissent based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Openness To Dissent Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

13Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for constitutional spirit based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Constitutional Spirit Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

14Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for good deal based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Good Deal Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

15Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for cost transparency based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Cost Transparency Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

16Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for anti scapegoating culture based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Anti Scapegoating Culture Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

17Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for reversibility based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Reversibility Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

18Mondragon Cooperative Movement @ 1956 has a year-specific historical finding for disclosure based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Accountability Opacity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

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