Legitimacy Fragility

Definition

The vulnerability of institutional legitimacy to disconfirming information. High legitimacy fragility means the institution cannot acknowledge errors without threatening its right to exist.

Example

A charity built on the narrative of transformative impact has high legitimacy fragility—admitting impact is modest would undermine the entire case for its existence.

Source

LLR Section 6

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