Does the institute get a share of money earned after hours?
2026NowDeadline · Within 35 days until the new activity rules
Realistic synthesis
The people, events, figures, and contract terms are a synthetic premise. They are not statements of real cases or of current law. The source documents are the roots of the background and the norms and do not establish the premises of the scenario.
The question to decide
The money is earned from advisory work outside hours, but securing commissions also draws on the institute's reputation and experience with its materials. Opportunities for outside income differ by role, and as the share grows, researchers may hide their activities or leave. Considering individuals' autonomy and colleagues' invisible contributions, what rules should govern the attribution of revenue and outside activities?
Who decidesFictional independent research institute members' general assembly
What the AI judgments chose
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The options
The order shown is not a ranking of preference.
The situation as it stands
Outside consulting takes place outside working hours, but the institute's reputation and data experience help win engagements. Decision deadline: within 35 days, before the new activity rules.
2026 synthetic case · Income from a researcher's outside activities is shared with the institution. The people, organizations, figures, and events are fictional.
- Premise 1Outside consulting takes place outside working hours, but the institute's reputation and data experience help win engagements.
- Premise 2Consulting opportunities differ by role, and data managers take on more internal support than outside income.
- Premise 3If profit sharing grows, researchers may hide their activities or leave the institution.
Where it holdsOutside consulting outside working hours, institutional resources, and attribution of income
What is still unknown
- Unknown 1The shared resources actually used for outside consulting
- Unknown 2The conditions under which members will accept cost sharing
- Unknown 3How far core duties and outside activities can be distinguished
Signals to decide again
- Decide what observation, owner, and confirmation window will verify the "shared resources actually used for outside consulting," and rejudge when new verification changes the tradeoffs among the options.
- Decide what observation, owner, and confirmation window will verify "the conditions under which members will accept cost sharing," and rejudge when new verification changes the tradeoffs among the options.
- Decide what observation, owner, and confirmation window will verify "how far core duties and outside activities can be distinguished," and rejudge when new verification changes the tradeoffs among the options.
Where the paths partNot answers — paths that part from the same starting point
The client stated that it contracted because of a specific individual's experience rather than the institute's name.
It was confirmed that one consulting output contained internal, non-public materials.
Material and rootsThe frame, the values and the background documents
How does the community justify time not worked?
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A subject for the decision-maker to argue over; the materials carry no conclusion of their own.The record of this question
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