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Oracle

A public enterprise software and cloud company with persistent licensing, audit, lock-in, procurement, and security-history concerns. Oracle remains weak because of documented human harm and ideological disavowal, even where the product or service has practical value.

Why this matters: Oracle is a useful test case for enterprise lock-in that consumers and workers encounter indirectly through institutions.

Letter grade D Extractive High confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1 Last reviewed May 6, 2026

Final Score 8* D - Extractive

DEXTRACTIVE8 pts

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

Base Material17

Bonus+0

Cap35Ownership <= 2 and Governance <= 2

After Cap17

Penalties-9

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Oracle receives the Private Government badge because it combines large-scale private rule-setting over customers, workers, users, members, or counterparties with OpenLobby-documented lobbying of about $1.6M on public policy issues.

Evidence: [15]

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Evaluation Overview

D - Extractive

The score turns mainly on Labor Sovereignty, with the largest penalty coming from Policy Capture.

Strengths

Labor Sovereignty3/7
Product Integrity3/5
Extraction2/10

Penalties

Policy Capture-5
Human Harm-2
Ideological Disavowal-2

Evidence state

ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
Linked claims15
Direct axis claims14
Coverage12/12

Scoring Axes

Axis	Score	Why this score
Ownership ? Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.	1 / 10	Oracle publishes investor-relations materials for a shareholder-governed public company. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 12 scored entries below, 65 tied, 149 above on Ownership. Linked evidence context Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. [1] context Reporting on Oracle Java licensing describes widespread customer concern over audits, pricing changes, and migration to open-source Java alternatives. [2] context The FTC approved a final order in its Oracle Java security case after alleging Oracle failed to adequately disclose that Java updates could leave vulnerable older versions installed. [3] Oracle publishes investor-relations materials for a shareholder-governed public company. [4]
Governance ? Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.	1 / 10	Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. That keeps Oracle low on Governance: ordinary users, workers, customers, or affected communities cannot change the rules that govern them. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 2 scored entries below, 68 tied, 156 above on Governance. Linked evidence context Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. [1] context Reporting on Oracle Java licensing describes widespread customer concern over audits, pricing changes, and migration to open-source Java alternatives. [2] context The FTC approved a final order in its Oracle Java security case after alleging Oracle failed to adequately disclose that Java updates could leave vulnerable older versions installed. [3] Oracle's FY2025 Form 10-K describes a shareholder-governed public company selling cloud services, license support, cloud licenses, and on-premise licenses. [5]
Extraction ? Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.	2 / 10	Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. That keeps Oracle low on Extraction: the business model makes extraction from workers, users, suppliers, customers, or the public central rather than incidental. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 20 scored entries below, 18 tied, 188 above on Extraction. Linked evidence Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. [1] context Reporting on Oracle Java licensing describes widespread customer concern over audits, pricing changes, and migration to open-source Java alternatives. [2] context The FTC approved a final order in its Oracle Java security case after alleging Oracle failed to adequately disclose that Java updates could leave vulnerable older versions installed. [3] Oracle's FY2025 annual report and licensing-practice reporting provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment enterprise software dependence can convert customer lock-in into durable rent extraction. [6]
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.	3 / 7	Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. That places Oracle in the middle of Labor Sovereignty: workers or participants have some protection or agency, but not enough binding power to control the relationship. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 45 scored entries below, 66 tied, 115 above on Labor Sovereignty. Linked evidence context Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. [1] context Reporting on Oracle Java licensing describes widespread customer concern over audits, pricing changes, and migration to open-source Java alternatives. [2] context The FTC approved a final order in its Oracle Java security case after alleging Oracle failed to adequately disclose that Java updates could leave vulnerable older versions installed. [3] Oracle's annual reporting presents employees inside an ordinary public enterprise-software company, with no public evidence of worker ownership or democratic control over license and cloud strategy. [7]
Solidarity with the Unemployed ? Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.	2 / 7	Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. That keeps Oracle low on Solidarity with the Unemployed: the model provides little protection for people who leave, are excluded, or cannot bargain from employment. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 31 scored entries below, 49 tied, 146 above on Solidarity with the Unemployed. Linked evidence context Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. [1] context Reporting on Oracle Java licensing describes widespread customer concern over audits, pricing changes, and migration to open-source Java alternatives. [2] context The FTC approved a final order in its Oracle Java security case after alleging Oracle failed to adequately disclose that Java updates could leave vulnerable older versions installed. [3] Oracle's cloud and license-support model serves enterprise customers through contracts and support relationships, but the reviewed record does not show special protections for customers or workers with low bargaining power. [8]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity ? Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.	2 / 7	Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. That keeps Oracle low on Loss-Bearing Fidelity: losses, hazards, or adjustment costs are routinely pushed onto workers, customers, suppliers, communities, or the public. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 33 scored entries below, 14 tied, 179 above on Loss-Bearing Fidelity. Linked evidence context Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. [1] context Reporting on Oracle Java licensing describes widespread customer concern over audits, pricing changes, and migration to open-source Java alternatives. [2] context The FTC approved a final order in its Oracle Java security case after alleging Oracle failed to adequately disclose that Java updates could leave vulnerable older versions installed. [3] The FTC Oracle Java matter alleged that Java updates could leave insecure older versions installed, documenting a software-maintenance burden pushed onto users and administrators. [9]
Market Conduct ? Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.	1 / 5	Reporting on Oracle Java licensing describes widespread customer concern over audits, pricing changes, and migration to open-source Java alternatives. Reporting on Oracle Java licensing describes widespread customer concern over audits, pricing changes, and migration to open-source Java alternatives. That keeps Oracle low on Market Conduct: market power, lock-in, coercive pricing, or exclusionary conduct is a major part of the institution's position. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 15 scored entries below, 15 tied, 196 above on Market Conduct. Linked evidence context Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. [1] Reporting on Oracle Java licensing describes widespread customer concern over audits, pricing changes, and migration to open-source Java alternatives. [2] context The FTC approved a final order in its Oracle Java security case after alleging Oracle failed to adequately disclose that Java updates could leave vulnerable older versions installed. [3]
Product Integrity ? Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.	3 / 5	Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. That places Oracle in the middle of Product Integrity: the product has real use value but is compromised by incentives, monetization, lock-in, quality degradation, or risk. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 37 scored entries below, 23 tied, 166 above on Product Integrity. Linked evidence context Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. [1] context Reporting on Oracle Java licensing describes widespread customer concern over audits, pricing changes, and migration to open-source Java alternatives. [2] context The FTC approved a final order in its Oracle Java security case after alleging Oracle failed to adequately disclose that Java updates could leave vulnerable older versions installed. [3] Oracle enterprise software and cloud services provide real infrastructure value, while the FTC Java matter and licensing dependence complicate product integrity. [10]
Scale Integrity ? Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.	2 / 5	Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. That places Oracle in the middle of Scale Integrity: scale brings useful reach but also weakens accountability, transparency, or local constraint. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 31 scored entries below, 18 tied, 177 above on Scale Integrity. Linked evidence context Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. [1] context Reporting on Oracle Java licensing describes widespread customer concern over audits, pricing changes, and migration to open-source Java alternatives. [2] context The FTC approved a final order in its Oracle Java security case after alleging Oracle failed to adequately disclose that Java updates could leave vulnerable older versions installed. [3] Oracle's enterprise cloud and license-support scale makes it critical infrastructure for many organizations while magnifying contract, support, migration, and lock-in effects. [11]

Penalties

Penalty	Applied	Why this penalty
Human Harm ? Severity, scale, culpability, vulnerable targets, willful reoffense, reputation laundering, pattern escalation, and time decay. Range: -20 to 0.	-2	The FTC approved a final order in its Oracle Java security case after alleging Oracle failed to adequately disclose that Java updates could leave vulnerable older versions installed. The FTC approved a final order in its Oracle Java security case after alleging Oracle failed to adequately disclose that Java updates could leave vulnerable older versions installed. That warrants a limited Human Harm penalty because ordinary operation, documented misconduct, or institutional power creates serious injury, deprivation, abuse, or foreseeable human damage. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 54 scored entries below, 0 tied, 172 above on Human Harm. Linked evidence context Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams. [1] context Reporting on Oracle Java licensing describes widespread customer concern over audits, pricing changes, and migration to open-source Java alternatives. [2] The FTC approved a final order in its Oracle Java security case after alleging Oracle failed to adequately disclose that Java updates could leave vulnerable older versions installed. [3] The U.S. Department of Labor announced an Oracle settlement resolving federal contractor hiring and pay discrimination allegations. [12]
Policy Capture ? Private-interest attempts to bend law, regulation, subsidies, taxes, enforcement, trade, labor, safety, competition, environmental, healthcare, housing, surveillance, civil-liberties, or consumer policy against workers, customers, citizens, affected communities, or ecological life. Public-interest advocacy is not penalized merely because it is lobbying. Range: -15 to 0.	-5	OpenLobby records ORACLE AMERICAN INC. lobbying on technology with about $1.6M in spending across 32 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role. OpenLobby records ORACLE AMERICAN INC. lobbying on technology with about $1.6M in spending across 32 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role. That warrants a limited Policy Capture penalty because private institutional pressure is being applied to public rules while affected people cannot democratically govern that agenda. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Linked evidence OpenLobby records ORACLE AMERICAN INC. lobbying on technology with about $1.6M in spending across 32 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role. [14]
Ideological Disavowal ? 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.	-2	Oracle's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because Oracle exercises meaningful institutional or cultural power while strongly presenting contested choices as… Oracle's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because Oracle exercises meaningful institutional or cultural power while strongly presenting contested choices as neutral expertise, safety, objectivity, professionalism, administrative necessity, or public service. That warrants a substantial Ideological Disavowal penalty because the institution presents situated, contested choices as neutrality, expertise, inevitability, safety, or common sense. The value is substantial but not at the floor because the linked record shows serious conduct without the strongest aggravating factors on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Ideological Disavowal 0 to -3 recalibration: 0 for explicit standpoint or no penalty-level neutrality theater; -1 for bounded softening of contested choices; -2 for strong neutrality theater by a powerful institution; -3 for major gatekeeping or coercive power presented as neutral, necessary, objective, or non-ideological. Uncertainty This recalibration uses public self-presentation and profile evidence; later review should add direct language-analysis evidence for high-impact institutions. Linked evidence Oracle's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because Oracle exercises meaningful institutional or cultural power while strongly presenting contested choices as neutral expertise, safety, objectivity, professionalism, administrative necessity, or public service. [13]

Bonus Credits

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Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

High 85/100

14 verified linked claims 14 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 12/12 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 16/20

14 verified linked claims

Source quality 17/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 14/18

14 direct claims across 12 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

12/12 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending

VerificationUnverified

ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)

ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)

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Claims and Sources

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

1Oracle FY2025 annual reporting describes a public company with cloud services, license support, cloud license, and on-premise license revenue streams.

Extraction Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 5, 2026

Oracle FY2025 Form 10-KPrimary public record · 100%

2Reporting on Oracle Java licensing describes widespread customer concern over audits, pricing changes, and migration to open-source Java alternatives.

Market Conduct Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 5, 2026

TechRadar: Oracle Java users turning to open source after audits and pricing hikesGeneral web source · 58%
ITPro: software licensing minefield and Oracle JavaGeneral web source · 58%

3The FTC approved a final order in its Oracle Java security case after alleging Oracle failed to adequately disclose that Java updates could leave vulnerable older versions installed.

Human Harm Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 5, 2026

FTC: Oracle Corporation matterPrimary public record · 100%
Ars Technica: Oracle settles with FTC over Java security patchingGeneral web source · 58%

4Oracle publishes investor-relations materials for a shareholder-governed public company.

Ownership Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 5, 2026

AI scaffold

Oracle investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%

5Oracle's FY2025 Form 10-K describes a shareholder-governed public company selling cloud services, license support, cloud licenses, and on-premise licenses.

Governance Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 13, 2026

AI scaffold

Oracle FY2025 Form 10-KPrimary public record · 100%

6Oracle's FY2025 annual report and licensing-practice reporting provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment enterprise software dependence can convert customer lock-in into durable rent extraction.

Extraction Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 5, 2026

Oracle FY2025 Form 10-KPrimary public record · 100%
ITPro on Oracle software licensing pressureGeneral web source · 58%

7Oracle's annual reporting presents employees inside an ordinary public enterprise-software company, with no public evidence of worker ownership or democratic control over license and cloud strategy.

Labor Sovereignty Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 13, 2026

AI scaffold

Oracle FY2025 Form 10-KPrimary public record · 100%

8Oracle's cloud and license-support model serves enterprise customers through contracts and support relationships, but the reviewed record does not show special protections for customers or workers with low bargaining power.

Solidarity Unemployed Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 13, 2026

AI scaffold

Oracle FY2025 Form 10-KPrimary public record · 100%

9The FTC Oracle Java matter alleged that Java updates could leave insecure older versions installed, documenting a software-maintenance burden pushed onto users and administrators.

Loss Bearing Fidelity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 13, 2026

AI scaffold

FTC Oracle Corporation matterPrimary public record · 100%

10Oracle enterprise software and cloud services provide real infrastructure value, while the FTC Java matter and licensing dependence complicate product integrity.

Product Integrity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 13, 2026

AI scaffold

Oracle FY2025 Form 10-KPrimary public record · 100%
FTC Oracle Corporation matterPrimary public record · 100%

11Oracle's enterprise cloud and license-support scale makes it critical infrastructure for many organizations while magnifying contract, support, migration, and lock-in effects.

Scale Integrity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 13, 2026

AI scaffold

Oracle FY2025 Form 10-KPrimary public record · 100%

12The U.S. Department of Labor announced an Oracle settlement resolving federal contractor hiring and pay discrimination allegations.

Human Harm Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 5, 2026

AI scaffold

DOL Oracle OFCCP settlementPrimary public record · 100%

13Oracle's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because Oracle exercises meaningful institutional or cultural power while strongly presenting contested choices as neutral expertise, safety, objectivity, professionalism, administrative necessity, or public service.

Ideological Disavowal Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 9, 2026

AI scaffold

Oracle official siteGeneral web source · 58%
Oracle investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%
DOL Oracle OFCCP settlementPrimary public record · 100%

14OpenLobby records ORACLE AMERICAN INC. lobbying on technology with about $1.6M in spending across 32 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role.

Policy Capture Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

OpenLobby — ORACLE AMERICAN INC. lobbying profileGeneral web source · 58%

15Oracle receives the Private Government badge because it combines large-scale private rule-setting over customers, workers, users, members, or counterparties with OpenLobby-documented lobbying of about $1.6M on public policy issues.

Private Government Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

OpenLobby — ORACLE AMERICAN INC. lobbying profileGeneral web source · 58%

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