Error-Without-Blame

Definition

Mechanisms that allow acknowledgment of institutional mistakes without assigning blame to current or past authority holders. By separating error recognition from blame attribution, these mechanisms reduce the legitimacy cost of learning.

Example

Aviation's incident reporting system creates error-without-blame: pilots report near-misses without career consequences. The system learns without threatening individual authority.

Source

ILA-EBD Section 4.3

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