FAILURE TEST
In devising and calculating the Failure Ratings, we at the Campaign of Global Civility have devised
The
FAILURE Test
Self-regulation is better than the enforcement of rules by authority.
The Executive Board of Global Civility has employed a transparent process of assessing the Failure Ratings, and in that spirit, the criteria for such evaluation has been disclosed below.
1
HARM
WHERE THE SENTIMENTS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED WITHOUT INTENT TO HARM
WHERE THE SENTIMENTS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED WITH INTENT TO HARM
Where serious injury has occurred
Where death has occurred due to failure
Where death on a large scale has occurred due to failure
2
EXTENT
Affected 1 person
Affected 2 – 10 persons
Affected 11 – 1000 persons
Affected 1000 – 100,000 persons
Affected 100,000+
3
NON-REMEDIATION
Remediated immediately
Failed to acknowledge
Failed to Remediate
Defended Failure
Glorified failure
4
STATUS
Individual perpetrator
Group perpetrator
Public servant perpetrator
Celebrity perpetrator
Government perpetrator
5
FREQUENCY
One off failure
Short history of failure
Long history of failure
Demonstrates action to continue failure
Demonstrates action to continue to glorify and spread failure
6
FORM OF HARM
Written or verbal
Printed and distributed
Published in mass media
7
ROLE PLAYED
Silent participant
Activist
Spokesperson
Funder
Founder
8
CONSEQUENCES
Disrupting community cohesion
Incitement of hatred
