Tag: Laws Legality

Sociocratic Bylaws

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Sociocratic Bylaws These example rules were written in 2015 by Sharon Villiers and John Buck. This website is having minimal maintenance done by SoFA, so, rather than updating these rules, we suggest interested readers go to www.sociocracyforall.org/bylaws. Examples of Sociocratic Bylaws Both two examples of sociocratic bylaws posted on Sociocracy.info are based on legally filed documents. They that sociocratic principles and practices can be specified and legally approved. The Bylaws for a Sociocratic Business are based on… Read More . . . “Sociocratic Bylaws”

Laws and Policies: The Differences

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Drop Cap Letter Q Won’t the prescriptive Norms in sociocracy and the Constitution in Holacracy impose the rule of law, which will quickly devolve into the rule of lawyers? The more arcane and opaque the law is, the more tyrannical that law becomes. My response to this requires a distinction between laws and policies. Laws and policies are the same in that both govern future actions and decisions. Laws  are made by governments to govern the actions of citizens… Read More . . . “Laws and Policies: The Differences”

Are Sociocratic Corporations Legal?

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Sociocratic corporations are perfectly legal. All the laws that constrain corporate functioning can be met while applying sociocratic values, principles, and methods. Laws governing corporations, both for profit and not for profit, are generally written to prevent abuses that corporations have committed in the past, often with investors’ or donors’ money. In writing the law, the government is presenting its solution to that problem. If you can determine what the law intended to prevent, you… Read More . . . “Are Sociocratic Corporations Legal?”