Standard on Grouping Individuals under a Single Comind Account
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Standard on Grouping Individuals under a Single Comind Account

Context

A group of people might prefer to use only one Comind account, for example, because these people would act together in good harmony, show solidarity, and find it difficult to separate each other's actions.

Reasoning

Case of a Grouping without Additional Mechanisms

Advantages

This facilitates the use of Comind in eliminating details as it is then possible to describe only the group's actions.

This allows group members to:

Disadvantages

When creating a group, it is often with a limited connection and thus within a limited framework and solidarity. By having just the framework of a group of individuals without further information, the negative consequences of the group’s actions on individuals could exceed the intended limits, or the rewards could exceed the intended scope and distribution among individuals could become unfair due to the scale (a small discrepancy seems less unjust than a large one).

If a group member does not have an individual Comind account, it is possible that they cannot provide additional information, which could harm them as well as Comind.

There is a risk of manipulation within the group so that some individuals benefit from the actions of others, for example, through someone using a position of dominance or appealing to a morality of solidarity.

Case of a Grouping with Security Mechanisms

The study of disadvantages shows that grouping individuals can lead to serious problems, which already exist in some groups outside of Comind (for example, the unfair sharing of the fruits of labor in many companies). To combat these disadvantages, one can:

Require that group members have an individual Comind account
By using a temporarily hidden linked account, this allows a person to report information about the group without risking pressure.
Allow members to leave the group
To be able to disassociate themselves from future decisions.
Require the declaration of the group’s action framework
This limits individual responsibility, as stepping outside the framework means that those making the decision to do so do not engage the responsibility of non-decision-making members.

Application of Measures Limiting Disadvantages

These disadvantages do not concern the collective more than other issues of injustice. Therefore, the reason to apply measures to correct them is the same as for other injustices.

Standard

It is not a problem if individuals group under a single account.