What is the Integrity score?
Integrity (INT) is one of the 8 core dimensions in the Compassion Benchmark framework — the independent 0–100 scoring system applied to governments, companies, AI labs, robotics labs, and cities. Integrity measures whether an institution behaves consistently regardless of who is watching, whether its values-behavior gap is acknowledged, and whether it prioritizes genuine interests over appearances.
Integrityis scored using 5 anchored subdimensions, each rated 0–5 against documented evidence. Those subdimension scores combine into the entity's INT dimension score, which contributes equally alongside the other 7 dimensions to the entity's overall composite score and performance band.
The 5 Integrity subdimensions
Each subdimension is a specific assessment question, scored 0–5 against a behavioral anchor ladder from documented evidence.
I1
Consistency Under Pressure
Does compassionate behavior hold when it is costly?
0–5 anchor scale for I1
- Commitments abandoned under financial or political pressure
- Pressure occasionally causes unacknowledged compromises
- ≥1 case of bearing real cost to maintain commitment
- Pattern of maintaining commitments, community describes trust
- History of significant costs borne, independently verified
I2
Non-Performance
Is this entity's compassion genuine rather than reputationally driven?
0–5 anchor scale for I2
- Compassionate practices only where reputationally beneficial
- Some genuine practice, primarily reputation-motivated
- Some practices maintained regardless of visibility
- Community reports genuine care with no reputational stakes
- Has done something compassionate that was publicly unflattering
I3
Internal Consistency
Does this entity treat internal stakeholders with the same compassion as external ones?
0–5 anchor scale for I3
- Internal culture significantly less compassionate than external comms
- Gap acknowledged but not addressed
- Meaningful effort to apply same values to staff
- Staff culture broadly reflects stated values
- Staff describe internal culture as exemplary, independently assessed
I4
Values Alignment
Are institutional decisions consistently aligned with stated values?
0–5 anchor scale for I4
- Decisions regularly contradict stated values without acknowledgment
- Values consulted for communications, not consistently applied
- Values explicitly considered in some major decisions
- Values alignment review part of major decision process
- Major decisions routinely tested against values, ≥1 reversed
I5
Resilience of Care
Does compassion persist across leadership change and institutional stress?
0–5 anchor scale for I5
- Compassionate practices are personality-dependent
- Some practices in policy, most depend on current leadership
- Core practices in policy, ≥1 leadership transition without degradation
- Practices survive leadership change, this has been tested
- Values embedded structurally, multiple leadership transitions without degradation