Standards shape behavior and distribute influence. This post defines four core entities—Party, Standard Setter, Standard Adopter, and Control—and explains how their interactions determine who holds power and how it is exercised.
| Entity | Description |
|---|---|
| Party | An organizational unit that contains roles responsible for defining and adopting evaluative standards. |
| Standard Setter | Actors who create metrics, norms, or criteria used to judge performance and behavior. |
| Standard Adopter | Actors who accept and apply externally defined metrics, aligning their actions to those standards. |
| Control | The mechanism through which influence or domination is exercised by those who define the standards. |
Recognizing who defines the measures you follow is the first step to reclaiming agency over decisions and outcomes.
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