# Contributionism

## Contributionism

- [Overview](https://docs.contributionism.io/overview.md)
- [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.
- [Contribution table](https://docs.contributionism.io/resources/contribution-table.md): A record of the contributions that have been made towards Contributionism as an initiative
- [Roadmap](https://docs.contributionism.io/resources/roadmap.md): A list of roadmap tasks that can help with the improvement, sharing and adoption of Contributionism