# Contributionism - [What is contributionism?](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/what-is-contributionism.md) - [Other definitions & usage of the term Contributionism](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/what-is-contributionism/other-definitions-and-usage-of-the-term-contributionism.md) - [Understanding capitalism](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/understanding-capitalism.md) - [Critiques of companies limited by shares](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/critiques-of-companies-limited-by-shares.md): Critiquing companies that are limited by shares and this approach for ownership, governance and compensation within an organisation - [Flawed justifications for unfair contribution treatment](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/critiques-of-companies-limited-by-shares/flawed-justifications-for-unfair-contribution-treatment.md): Earlier contributions are excessively rewarded at the expense of future contributions. Commonly used reasons to justify an excessive reward for earlier contributions are not fairly justified. - [Contributions are not respected](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/critiques-of-companies-limited-by-shares/contributions-are-not-respected.md): Contributions do not need to be respected in companies limited by shares. - [Flawed share governance and compensation rights](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/critiques-of-companies-limited-by-shares/flawed-share-governance-and-compensation-rights.md): Perpetual governance and compensation rights is a flawed approach that is commonly adopted by companies that are limited by shares. - [Fair compensation often requires ongoing gestures of goodwill](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/critiques-of-companies-limited-by-shares/fair-compensation-often-requires-ongoing-gestures-of-goodwill.md): Maximising shareholder value can lead to environments where labour is exploited. Workers are often constantly reliant on the goodwill gestures of shareholders to not exploit their contributions. - [Risk of stagnant ownership and leadership that isn’t collectively accepted](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/critiques-of-companies-limited-by-shares/risk-of-stagnant-ownership-and-leadership-that-isnt-collectively-accepted.md): Companies limited by shares can result in stagnant ownership and leadership. Leadership might not be collectively accepted by contributors in the organisation. - [Risk of motive, priority and incentive misalignment](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/critiques-of-companies-limited-by-shares/risk-of-motive-priority-and-incentive-misalignment.md): The motives, priorities and incentives of capitalist owners and leadership can become increasingly misaligned with workers. - [Excessive competition](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/critiques-of-companies-limited-by-shares/excessive-competition.md): Companies limited by shares can incentivise excessive amounts of competition due to the perpetual need for workers to create their own organisations to be fairly rewarded for their contributions. - [Equal opportunity and meritocratic fallacies](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/critiques-of-companies-limited-by-shares/equal-opportunity-and-meritocratic-fallacies.md): Companies limited by shares do not always result in meritocratic organisations that have equal opportunity. - [Principles](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/principles.md): A list of principles for contributionism - [Respect contribution](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/principles/respect-contribution.md): All contributions should be respected. - [Contributor & public ownership](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/principles/contributor-and-public-ownership.md): Organisations should be contributor owned or publicly owned. - [Contributor governed](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/principles/contributor-governed.md): All organisations are contributor governed. - [Temporary governance rights](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/principles/temporary-governance-rights.md): Temporary governance rights should be awarded to all contributions that match the contribution ownership type. - [Temporary compensation rights](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/principles/temporary-compensation-rights.md): Contributions should receive temporary compensation rights so that contributors can benefit from the full value of their contributions. - [Transparent priorities](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/principles/transparent-priorities.md): Priorities should be transparent so that people can contribute towards organisations that they are aligned with. - [Collectively accepted leadership](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/principles/collectively-accepted-leadership.md): Leadership should be collectively accepted. - [Characteristics](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/characteristics.md): A list of emergent characteristics of contributionism - [Permanent records of contribution](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/characteristics/permanent-records-of-contribution.md): Contributors highly benefit from their contributions being permanently recorded. - [Equal opportunity](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/characteristics/equal-opportunity.md): All contributions would receive equal opportunity to be rewarded fairly based on the value they provide. - [Cooperative & competitive environments](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/characteristics/cooperative-and-competitive-environments.md): Contributors would self determine how cooperative or competitive they want their organisation's environment to be. - [Economic model](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/economic-model.md): Outlining the economic model with the different approaches for how contributionism could adopted - [Organisations](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/economic-model/organisations.md): Understanding how organisations can be owned, governed and incentivised under contributionism - [Ownership](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/economic-model/organisations/ownership.md): Ownership approaches that could be adopted within a contributionist organisation - [Consumer & donor ownership](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/economic-model/organisations/ownership/consumer-and-donor-ownership.md): Considerations towards when consumer and donor ownership could be effective - [Mixed contribution ownership](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/economic-model/organisations/ownership/mixed-contribution-ownership.md): Considerations towards a mixed contribution ownership approach - [Governance](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/economic-model/organisations/governance.md): Governance approaches that could be adopted within a contributionist organisation - [Compensation](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/economic-model/organisations/compensation.md): Compensation approaches that could be adopted within a contributionist organisation - [Exchange](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/economic-model/exchange.md): Understanding how goods and services can be exchanged under contributionism - [Market failures](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/economic-model/exchange/market-failures.md): Identifying the different market failures that can occur along with the solutions that can help to prevent or resolve them - [Money](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/economic-model/money.md): Understanding how money fits into the economic model for contributionism - [Governments](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/economic-model/governments.md): Understanding how governments fit into the economic model for contributionism - [Complimentary models](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/economic-model/complimentary-models.md): A list of complimentary models that could be adopted alongside contributionism - [Implementation](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/implementation.md): More information about how contributionism could be implemented. - [Contribution tables](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/implementation/contribution-tables.md): Initial ideas about how contribution tables could be implemented - [Loans](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/implementation/loans.md): Exploring how loans could be used in contributionism - [Leadership contracts](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/implementation/leadership-contracts.md): Exploring how leadership contracts could be used in contributionism - [Organisation parameters](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/implementation/organisation-parameters.md): A list of some example parameters that could be used within a contributionist organisation - [Data modelling](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/implementation/data-modelling.md): Data modelling some example organisations to showcase how different parameters could be used and how they might impact an organisation - [Companies limited by shares vs contributionism](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/companies-limited-by-shares-vs-contributionism.md): A comparison between companies limited by shares and contributionism that looks at their similarities and differences - [Critiques of contributionism](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/critiques-of-contributionism.md): A number of critiques about contributionism along with any counter arguments. - [Path to adoption](https://docs.contributionism.io/contributionism/path-to-adoption.md): Some initial thoughts and ideas about the adoption of contributionism. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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