intergovernmental organization

United Nations

A global intergovernmental institution chartered for peace, rights, and cooperation, with meaningful humanitarian and norm-setting functions but limited democratic control, Security Council veto paralysis, and accountability failures including peacekeeping abuse scandals. United Nations remains weak because of documented human harm, person-dependent governance, and coercive violence, even where the product or service has practical value.

Why this matters: The UN is a calibration anchor for noncommercial institutional power: its mission is unusually public-serving, while its governance is indirect and often structurally blocked by member-state power.

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

Final Score 23* D - Extractive

DEXTRACTIVE23 pts

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

Base Material40

Bonus+3

Cap41Ownership <= 4 and Governance <= 4

After Cap41

Penalties-18

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Evaluation Overview

D - Extractive

The score turns mainly on Solidarity with the Unemployed, with the largest penalty coming from Reversibility.

Strengths

Solidarity with the Unemployed6/7
Extraction5/10
Labor Sovereignty5/7

Penalties

Reversibility-5
Human Harm-5
Coercive Violence-4
Accountability Opacity-2

Evidence state

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
Linked claims9
Direct axis claims9
Coverage9/16

Scoring Axes

Axis	Score	Why this score
Ownership ? Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.	4 / 10	The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. That places United Nations in the middle of Ownership: there is some mission, member, producer, or public-interest constraint, but decisive control is not fully democratic. 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: 110 scored entries below, 7 tied, 109 above on Ownership. Linked evidence context The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. [1] context The United Nations system has explicit humanitarian, rights, development, and refugee-protection mandates that serve people outside ordinary labor-market or customer relationships. [2]
Governance ? Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.	4 / 10	The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. That places United Nations in the middle of Governance: there are accountability mechanisms, but they stop short of broad democratic control. 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: 108 scored entries below, 18 tied, 100 above on Governance. Uncertainty Priority page: add more axis-specific research over time to make the comparative placement harder to dispute. Linked evidence The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. [1] context The United Nations system has explicit humanitarian, rights, development, and refugee-protection mandates that serve people outside ordinary labor-market or customer relationships. [2]
Extraction ? Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.	5 / 10	The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. That places United Nations in the middle of Extraction: the institution creates real value but still leaves room for rent extraction, unequal bargaining, or surplus capture. 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: 95 scored entries below, 19 tied, 112 above on Extraction. Linked evidence context The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. [1] context The United Nations system has explicit humanitarian, rights, development, and refugee-protection mandates that serve people outside ordinary labor-market or customer relationships. [2]
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.	5 / 7	The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. That places United Nations 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: 152 scored entries below, 40 tied, 34 above on Labor Sovereignty. Linked evidence context The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. [1] context The United Nations system has explicit humanitarian, rights, development, and refugee-protection mandates that serve people outside ordinary labor-market or customer relationships. [2]
Solidarity with the Unemployed ? Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.	6 / 7	The United Nations system has explicit humanitarian, rights, development, and refugee-protection mandates that serve people outside ordinary labor-market or customer relationships. The United Nations system has explicit humanitarian, rights, development, and refugee-protection mandates that serve people outside ordinary labor-market or customer relationships. That places United Nations high on Solidarity with the Unemployed: the institution materially supports people outside ordinary employment rather than treating exit as abandonment. A still-higher or maximum value requires stronger proof that this structure is durable, broad, and not merely discretionary. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 197 scored entries below, 22 tied, 7 above on Solidarity with the Unemployed. Uncertainty Priority page: add more axis-specific research over time to make the comparative placement harder to dispute. Linked evidence context The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. [1] The United Nations system has explicit humanitarian, rights, development, and refugee-protection mandates that serve people outside ordinary labor-market or customer relationships. [2]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity ? Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.	5 / 7	The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. That places United Nations in the middle of Loss-Bearing Fidelity: there is some willingness to preserve obligations, but the record still leaves meaningful risk-shifting concerns. 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: 119 scored entries below, 43 tied, 64 above on Loss-Bearing Fidelity. Linked evidence context The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. [1] context The United Nations system has explicit humanitarian, rights, development, and refugee-protection mandates that serve people outside ordinary labor-market or customer relationships. [2]
Market Conduct ? Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.	4 / 5	The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. That places United Nations high on Market Conduct: pricing, access, switching, and bargaining practices show restraint compared with ordinary rent-seeking competitors. A still-higher or maximum value requires stronger proof that this structure is durable, broad, and not merely discretionary. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 106 scored entries below, 73 tied, 47 above on Market Conduct. Linked evidence context The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. [1] context The United Nations system has explicit humanitarian, rights, development, and refugee-protection mandates that serve people outside ordinary labor-market or customer relationships. [2]
Product Integrity ? Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.	4 / 5	The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. That places United Nations high on Product Integrity: the core offering is genuinely useful and comparatively less dependent on traps, degradation, or harmful dependencies. A still-higher or maximum value requires stronger proof that this structure is durable, broad, and not merely discretionary. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 61 scored entries below, 72 tied, 93 above on Product Integrity. Linked evidence context The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. [1] context The United Nations system has explicit humanitarian, rights, development, and refugee-protection mandates that serve people outside ordinary labor-market or customer relationships. [2]
Scale Integrity ? Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.	3 / 5	The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. That places United Nations 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: 50 scored entries below, 58 tied, 118 above on Scale Integrity. Linked evidence context The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. [1] context The United Nations system has explicit humanitarian, rights, development, and refugee-protection mandates that serve people outside ordinary labor-market or customer relationships. [2]

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	UN performance depends on member-state consent, Security Council politics, veto power, and agency leadership rather than direct democratic control by affected populations. UN performance depends on member-state consent, Security Council politics, veto power, and agency leadership rather than direct democratic control by affected populations. That warrants a severe Reversibility penalty because favorable conduct depends on current people or discretionary leadership rather than locked stakeholder structure. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 95 tied, 131 above on Reversibility. Linked evidence UN performance depends on member-state consent, Security Council politics, veto power, and agency leadership rather than direct democratic control by affected populations. [5]
Human Harm ? Severity, scale, culpability, vulnerable targets, willful reoffense, reputation laundering, pattern escalation, and time decay. Range: -20 to 0.	-5	UN peacekeeping and field operations have faced recurring sexual-exploitation, abuse, and accountability failures, creating a real human-harm penalty despite the UN’s public mission. UN peacekeeping and field operations have faced recurring sexual-exploitation, abuse, and accountability failures, creating a real human-harm penalty despite the UN’s public mission. 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: 41 scored entries below, 6 tied, 179 above on Human Harm. Linked evidence UN peacekeeping and field operations have faced recurring sexual-exploitation, abuse, and accountability failures, creating a real human-harm penalty despite the UN’s public mission. [6]
Coercive Violence ? Direct or institutionally enabled killing, torture, detention abuse, armed repression, forced displacement, violent domination, or nonconsensual crisis-line emergency escalation that exposes callers to confinement or force. Range: -30 to 0.	-4	UN peacekeeping and field-operation abuse and accountability failures create limited coercive-violence exposure for an institution whose mission is otherwise peace, rights, and humanitarian coordination. UN peacekeeping and field-operation abuse and accountability failures create limited coercive-violence exposure for an institution whose mission is otherwise peace, rights, and humanitarian coordination. That warrants a limited Coercive Violence penalty because the institution uses, enables, profits from, or materially supports violent domination, detention abuse, war, or armed coercion. 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: 15 scored entries below, 2 tied, 209 above on Coercive Violence. Linked evidence UN peacekeeping and field-operation abuse and accountability failures create limited coercive-violence exposure for an institution whose mission is otherwise peace, rights, and humanitarian coordination. [7]
Accountability Opacity ? Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.	-2	The UN’s intergovernmental structure, immunities, member-state bargaining, and peacekeeping accountability problems create material opacity for affected people. The UN’s intergovernmental structure, immunities, member-state bargaining, and peacekeeping accountability problems create material opacity for affected people. That warrants a severe Accountability Opacity penalty because material facts, risks, conflicts, ownership, or accountability information are obscured from the public. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 52 tied, 174 above on Accountability Opacity. Linked evidence The UN’s intergovernmental structure, immunities, member-state bargaining, and peacekeeping accountability problems create material opacity for affected people. [8]
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	United Nations's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because United Nations exercises meaningful institutional or cultural power while strongly presenting contested… United Nations's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because United Nations 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 United Nations's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because United Nations exercises meaningful institutional or cultural power while strongly presenting contested choices as neutral expertise, safety, objectivity, professionalism, administrative necessity, or public service. [9]

Bonus Credits

Bonus	Credit	Why this credit
Constitutional Spirit ? Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms even where private law does not strictly require it.	2 / 3	The UN Charter and human-rights system is relevant to constitutional-spirit credit because a global norm-setting institution, even though enforcement is uneven. The UN Charter and human-rights system is relevant to constitutional-spirit credit because a global norm-setting institution, even though enforcement is uneven. That supports partial Constitutional Spirit credit because the institution respects speech, privacy, due process, conscience, or civil-liberties norms beyond bare legal compulsion. The value remains partial because the linked record does not show the practice as comprehensive, durable, or central enough for full credit. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 188 scored entries below, 23 tied, 15 above on Constitutional Spirit. Linked evidence The UN Charter and human-rights system is relevant to constitutional-spirit credit because a global norm-setting institution, even though enforcement is uneven. [3]
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 UN publishes charter, program, conduct, and accountability materials, describes conduct considered under Cost Transparency despite intergovernmental bargaining and peacekeeping accountability gaps. The UN publishes charter, program, conduct, and accountability materials, describes conduct considered under Cost Transparency despite intergovernmental bargaining and peacekeeping accountability gaps. That supports partial Cost Transparency credit because pricing, margins, fees, funding, or surplus allocation are made meaningfully legible. The value remains partial because the linked record does not show the practice as comprehensive, durable, or central enough for full credit. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 189 scored entries below, 11 tied, 26 above on Cost Transparency. Linked evidence context The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation. [1] The UN publishes charter, program, conduct, and accountability materials, describes conduct considered under Cost Transparency despite intergovernmental bargaining and peacekeeping accountability gaps. [4]

Confidence Basis

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Medium 69/100

9 verified linked claims 9 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 9/16 components covered

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Claim confidence 15/20

9 verified linked claims

Source quality 10/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 9/18

9 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 6/10

9/16 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending

VerificationUnverified

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)

ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)

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1The UN Charter states purposes including maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting human rights and cooperation.

Governance Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

United Nations CharterGeneral web source · 58%

2The United Nations system has explicit humanitarian, rights, development, and refugee-protection mandates that serve people outside ordinary labor-market or customer relationships.

Solidarity Unemployed Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

United Nations CharterGeneral web source · 58%
UNHCR: What we doGeneral web source · 58%

3The UN Charter and human-rights system is relevant to constitutional-spirit credit because a global norm-setting institution, even though enforcement is uneven.

Constitutional Spirit Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

United Nations CharterGeneral web source · 58%

4The UN publishes charter, program, conduct, and accountability materials, describes conduct considered under Cost Transparency despite intergovernmental bargaining and peacekeeping accountability gaps.

Cost Transparency Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

United Nations CharterGeneral web source · 58%
UN conduct: sexual exploitation and abuseGeneral web source · 58%

5UN performance depends on member-state consent, Security Council politics, veto power, and agency leadership rather than direct democratic control by affected populations.

Reversibility Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

United Nations CharterGeneral web source · 58%

6UN peacekeeping and field operations have faced recurring sexual-exploitation, abuse, and accountability failures, creating a real human-harm penalty despite the UN’s public mission.

Human Harm Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

UN conduct: sexual exploitation and abuseGeneral web source · 58%

7UN peacekeeping and field-operation abuse and accountability failures create limited coercive-violence exposure for an institution whose mission is otherwise peace, rights, and humanitarian coordination.

Coercive Violence Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

UN conduct: sexual exploitation and abuseGeneral web source · 58%

8The UN’s intergovernmental structure, immunities, member-state bargaining, and peacekeeping accountability problems create material opacity for affected people.

Accountability Opacity Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

UN conduct: sexual exploitation and abuseGeneral web source · 58%
United Nations CharterGeneral web source · 58%

9United Nations's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because United Nations 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

United Nations official siteGeneral web source · 58%
United Nations CharterGeneral web source · 58%
UNHCR: What we doGeneral web source · 58%

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