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Compassion BenchmarkDaily BriefingThursday, May 28, 2026No. 44

Bolivia 30.9 → 28.4 (Delta -2.5): Military Deployment Law Enacted — ACC Dimension Enters Critical

1,155 reviewed10 assessed1 score change5 forward watches

Today's number-2.5 ptsscore change this cycleBolivia

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1,155 entities reviewed across 7 indexes. Full methodology.

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A methodology-dense cycle with a single material score movement: Bolivia falls to 28.4 as President Paz enacts a military-deployment authority law and a fourth death is confirmed, while three new or promoted methodology categories document the most consequential state-conduct patterns currently active at the scale floor.

Independent daily scoring of how 1,256 institutions recognize, respond to, and reduce suffering — 0–100 composite, 8 dimensions.

1,155 scanned10 assessed1 moved

Today's 10 assessments by band
Today's 5 signals by severity
2critical3high

5 forward triggers tracked.

The full finding & its evidence

Today's analysis

The most significant editorial findings in the May 28 briefing.

Editorial insight

Bolivia's -2.5 downgrade (30.9 to 28.4) is the only composite movement tonight, but the cycle's analytical weight rests on three methodology outputs spanning the three floor-adjacent entities: Israel, Russia, and Iran. Israel's AUTHORIZED-RESUMPTION-WITH-SYSTEMATIC-DENIAL category captures a pattern distinct from outright blockade: nominal corridor authorization paired with a 59 percent execution-level denial rate.

Today's question
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Nominal authorization and systematic execution-level denial are analytically distinct from outright blockade.

Israel's AUTHORIZED-RESUMPTION-WITH-SYSTEMATIC-DENIAL category documents 59% execution-level denial of authorized aid movements; does the magnitude of execution-denial — rather than authorization-denial — constitute a distinct scoring dimension under the benchmark's BND framework, or does the floor designation absorb this sub-category without composite consequence?
Relatedisrael
1 downgrade

10 assessed · 1 down · 9 holds · largest: Bolivia -2.5

Today's movement: 0 upgrades, 9 holds; largest move Bolivia -2.5.2.50+2.5Bolivia-2.5Israel0Russia0Iran0OpenAI0Hungary0Anthropic0Oracle0Turkey0United States0
Lead signalhigh

Oracle 20.6 (Boundary Watch): WARN Act Window Opens May 30 — Highest-Probability Band Crossing in Fortune 500

Where this sits
Oracle 20.6 (Boundary Watch): WARN Act Window Opens May 30 — Highest-Probability Band Crossing in Fortune 500 score: 14.7 — in the Critical band (0–20). 5.3 points to the Developing band.14.75.3 pts to Developing
What happened

Oracle at 20.6 Developing sits 0.6 points above the Critical boundary. The WARN Act window opens May 30 — the period during which WARN Act violation confirmation would trigger a scorable event.

Why it matters

Class action filings in Washington and Missouri allege Oracle reclassified remote workers to avoid WARN Act notice obligations. The CLASSIFICATION-MANIPULATION-TO-AVOID-LABOR-PROTECTIONS methodology candidate is pre-positioned for promotion upon first adjudication.

Score trajectory — oracle
oracle score trajectory: down from 20.6 (2026-05-28) to 14.7 (2026-06-15)
Forward watch5 upcoming triggers
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Trigger timeline — next 45 days
Forward-trigger timeline from 2026-05-28 over 45 days. 2 dated triggers: Oracle in 2 days (critical), Hungary in 3 days (critical). 3 undated triggers: Anthropic, OpenAI, Bolivia.TodayJul 12Oracle · 2dHungary · 3d
Undated triggers (TBD)
  • AnthropicTBD
  • OpenAITBD
  • BoliviaTBD
  • 2 days
    OracleCRITICAL2026-05-30

    WARN Act window opens; class action filings in Washington and Missouri allege WARN-avoidance reclassification. Apply warranted if violations confirmed; CLASSIFICATION-MANIPULATION candidate promoti…

  • 3 days
    HungaryCRITICAL2026-05-31

    Sulyok constitutional confrontation outcome — three pre-committed paths: resign (+1.0 to +1.5), constitutional removal (+0.5 to +1.0), survives (-0.5 to -1.0).

  • TBD
    AnthropicCRITICAL

    DC Circuit ruling on Anthropic v. Hegseth — favorable: +1.0 to +2.5 (crossing possible); adverse: -1.0 to -2.0. Court expedited after May 19 oral arguments.

  • TBD
    OpenAIHIGHTBD (next cycle)

    INT dimension at Critical (17.5) at net-zero composite; governance bifurcation will resolve directionally. Tumbler Ridge failure-to-report arc unresolved at formal apply proximity.

  • TBD
    BoliviaMEDIUMTBD (30 days post-resolution)

    Post-crisis reassessment per HUMANITARIAN-BLOCKADE-FIRST-BASELINE-PROTOCOL; further apply warranted if casualty count exceeds threshold or IACHR/OHCHR formal mechanisms activated.

How to read this briefing
Schema guide
The 5 performance bands
critical0–20
developing20–40
functional40–60
established60–80
exemplary80–100
Two scales

Each of the 8 dimensions is scored 1.0–5.0; these combine into a 0–100 composite score, mapped to the 5 bands above.

Key terms
Band crossing
A score change large enough to move an entity from one performance band into an adjacent one — the most structurally significant finding in a given cycle.
Boundary watch
An entity whose current score is within 3 points of a band threshold, flagged for priority reassessment in the next cycle.
Carry-forward
A dimensional credit retained from a prior assessment when new evidence is insufficient to revise a specific dimension; disclosed explicitly.
First baseline
An entity's inaugural composite score — no published score exists to compare against, so delta is not shown.
Floor designation
The most serious finding: all 8 dimensions resolve at the lowest behavioral anchor (1.0/5.0) across multiple cycles, yielding a composite of 0.
Forward trigger
A scheduled future reassessment event (e.g., a policy implementation date or legislative deadline) that may materially change an entity's score.

Signal stack

7 signals
Countrieshigh

Bolivia 30.9 → 28.4 (Delta -2.5): Military Deployment Law Enacted — ACC Dimension Enters Critical

President Paz enacted a law on May 27 restoring executive authority to deploy armed forces in public streets and simplifying state-of-emergency procedures. Four deaths are now confirmed from blockade-related denial of medical care: oxygen depletion, blocked emergency vehicles, hospital rationing.

Where this sits
bolivia score: 6.3 — in the Critical band (0–20). 13.7 points to the Developing band.6.313.7 pts to Developing
Read the full signal

Clinicas de La Paz hospital oxygen reserves are depleted. The ACC dimension crosses into Critical at 20.0, the first sub-dimension Critical entry for Bolivia in the current crisis arc. The -2.5 composite delta is below the standard 5-point apply threshold but justified by two pre-defined conditions: the institutional escalation event (military-deployment law) and the confirmation of predicted humanitarian harm (four deaths, oxygen depletion). The HUMANITARIAN-BLOCKADE-FIRST-BASELINE-PROTOCOL reassess-on-resolution trigger remains open.

Countriescritical

Israel 0.0 (Floor Confirmed): AUTHORIZED-RESUMPTION-WITH-SYSTEMATIC-DENIAL — New Conduct Sub-Category Established

A new methodology sub-category formalizes the pattern documented in Israel's post-ceasefire evidence record: nominal corridor authorization paired with a 59 percent execution-level denial rate as documented by OCHA.

Where this sits
israel score: 0.0 — in the Critical band (0–20). 20 points to the Developing band.0.020 pts to Developing
Read the full signal

This is structurally distinct from outright blockade (no authorization) and from ceasefire-period-aid-restriction (authorization with partial delivery). The sub-category requires three conditions: nominal institutional authorization of aid movement; systematic denial at the execution level exceeding 50 percent; and independent humanitarian monitoring documentation of the gap. Post-ceasefire civilian targeting confirmed: As Saftawi family of nine killed; 23 killed at Al Bureij. Israel's score holds at 0.0 floor; the category establishes the framework for assessing analogous conduct patterns in future entities.

Ai Labshigh

OpenAI 27.5 (Net-Zero Composite): INT Dimension Enters Critical at 17.5 — Governance Framework vs Safety Deletion

OpenAI's composite holds at 27.5 via a dimension rebalance: AWR and ACT each increase 2.5 on the Frontier Governance Framework publication, while BND and INT each decrease 2.5 on structural mission-safety word deletion and front-group funding confirmation.

Where this sits
openai score: 27.5 — in the Developing band (20–40). 12.5 points to the Functional band.27.512.5 pts to Functional
Read the full signal

The INT dimension entering Critical at 17.5 is the AI-labs finding to track: a company can publish a credible governance framework while simultaneously removing safety language from its foundational mission statement. These are not offsetting signals — they are distinct dimensions moving in opposite directions at the same time. The split will eventually resolve in one dominant direction.

Countriescritical

Hungary 50.0 (Boundary Watch): Sulyok Constitutional Confrontation Window Active — May 31 Deadline

Hungary holds at 50.0 with the Sulyok constitutional confrontation effectively at its deadline. Sulyok refused to resign; Magyar retains the constitutional amendment option via his 141/199 supermajority.

Where this sits
hungary score: 50.2 — in the Functional band (40–60). 9.8 points to the Established band.50.29.8 pts to Established
Read the full signal

Three scoring paths remain pre-committed from the May 27 and May 28 protocols: Sulyok resigns (+1.0 to +1.5), constitutional removal (+0.5 to +1.0), Sulyok survives (-0.5 to -1.0). The outcome is methodologically contested: removing an Orbán-era holdover via supermajority could register as reform completion or governance-negative executive override of constitutional design.

medium

Countries — Floor-Cluster Documentation

Three floor-entity methodology events in one cycle establish the most precise documentary layer in benchmark history

Read the full signal
  • AUTHORIZED-RESUMPTION-WITH-SYSTEMATIC-DENIAL (Israel): captures nominal compliance paired with 59% execution-level denial — requires a different analytical response than outright blockade, which is why the sub-category matters
  • CIVIC-DEATH-LAW-FOR-DIASPORA (Russia): formally promoted; requires legislation targeting emigrated nationals, conviction-triggered multi-dimensional deprivation, and speech/political offense basis
  • NATIONWIDE-INTERNET-BLACKOUT-AS-COVER-FOR-MASS-REPRESSION (Iran): scale-floor ruling applied to the longest documented internet blackout in the modern record concurrent with mass arrests and execution spike
  • All three entities at or near 0.0 floor; the methodology precision work here will accelerate future assessments of the same conduct patterns in entities not yet at floor
medium

AI Labs — OpenAI Governance Split

OpenAI's INT dimension entering Critical at net-zero composite documents a genuine governance-trajectory bifurcation

Read the full signal
  • The Frontier Governance Framework is the most comprehensive public safety documentation OpenAI has produced; the simultaneous mission-safety word deletion is the most significant structural erosion event in the same cycle
  • Net-zero composite conceals a split trajectory — the dimension rebalance is the correct instrument but will not show in the composite number
  • Anthropic holds at 58.1 boundary-watch; the governance quality gap between Anthropic and OpenAI remains substantial but OpenAI's INT erosion is narrowing one key dimension
  • The two competing OpenAI signals will not net to zero indefinitely — a directional resolution is expected within the next 2-3 assessment cycles
7 signals shown

Risk signals

Developments that may affect future scores. Watch items from the May 28 briefing.

Risk

Oracle WARN Act window opens May 30 at 0.6 points above the Critical boundary — the narrowest band margin in the current Fortune 500 cluster.

Risk

Hungary Sulyok constitutional confrontation — three pre-committed scoring paths as the May 31 deadline opens.

Risk

Bolivia crisis arc continues without resolution signal at day 28 of blockades; military-deployment law enacted.

Risk

OpenAI's INT dimension in Critical at net-zero composite documents a split trajectory that will eventually resolve directionally.

Risk

Turkey rotation-state mismatch must be corrected before the next Turkey assessment to prevent incorrect priority classification.

Score movements

Entities with score changes this cycle, followed by confirmed positions.

10 assessed
Changes1 score moved
Countries

Military-deployment authority law enacted; four deaths confirmed from blockade-related medical denial; ACC dimension enters Critical at 20.0.

30.928.4-2.5ACC −1.25
Confirmed9 positions unchanged
Countries

AUTHORIZED-RESUMPTION-WITH-SYSTEMATIC-DENIAL sub-category established; 59% of authorized aid movements denied in execution per OCHA.

00BND 0.00
Countries

CIVIC-DEATH-LAW-FOR-DIASPORA formally promoted; legislation strips civic rights from emigrated nationals on speech and political offense basis.

00SYS 0.00
Countries

Scale-floor ruling: 88-day internet blackout concurrent with mass arrests and 39 political executions during blackout period.

2.52.5BND 0.00
Ai Labs

Frontier Governance Framework published; structural mission-safety word deletion and front-group funding confirmed in same window; INT enters Critical.

27.527.5INT −0.50
Countries

Boundary-watch hold; three scoring paths pre-committed for Sulyok May 31 deadline.

5050INT 0.00
Boundary

Next signal: Sulyok constitutional confrontation outcome — three pre-committed scoring paths

1.9 below Functional/Established
Ai Labs

Cycle 9 hold; 1.9pt below Established boundary; no DC Circuit ruling in window.

58.158.1INT 0.00
Boundary
0.6 above Critical
Fortune 500

Boundary-watch carry; WARN window opens May 30; CLASSIFICATION-MANIPULATION methodology candidate pre-positioned.

20.620.6EMP 0.00
Boundary

Next signal: WARN Act window opens — adjudication finding triggers apply or methodology candidate promotion

Countries

Documented hold; rotation-state correction required (stored 30.8 vs canonical 15.1, 15.7pt discrepancy).

15.115.1BND 0.00
Countries

ICE detention arc sub-threshold accumulation continues; EQU at 17.5 Critical from May 27 apply.

23.423.4EQU 0.00
Boundary

Next signal: OBBBA Medicaid work requirements — structural harm event requiring reassessment

Boundary watch4 entities near a band threshold

Entities approaching band boundaries

Fortune 500
20.6
0.6 pts to Critical
Oracle score: 20.6 — in the Developing band (20–40). 19.4 points to the Functional band.20.619.4 pts to Functional
Developing → Criticalcycle 1
Trigger to watch

WARN Act window opens May 30; class action filings in Washington and Missouri allege remote-worker reclassification to avoid WARN Act notice obligations.

boundary-watch
Ai Labs
58.1
1.9 pts to Established
Anthropic score: 58.1 — in the Functional band (40–60). 1.9 points to the Established band.58.11.9 pts to Established
Functional → Establishedcycle 9
Trigger to watch

DC Circuit ruling on Anthropic v. Hegseth — oral arguments complete May 19; court expedited; ruling timing unknown.

boundary-watch
Countries
23.4
3.4 pts to Critical
United States score: 23.4 — in the Developing band (20–40). 16.6 points to the Functional band.23.416.6 pts to Functional
Developing → Criticalcycle 2
Trigger to watch

ICE detention arc continuing; EQU dimension already at Critical (17.5); sub-threshold accumulation ongoing.

boundary-watch
Countries
50
10.0 pts to Functional
Hungary score: 50.0 — in the Functional band (40–60). 10 points to the Established band.50.010 pts to Established
Functional → Functionalcycle 2
Trigger to watch

Sulyok compliance deadline — refused to resign; Magyar 16th Amendment constitutional removal process active.

boundary-watch

Floor designations

·8 entities at composite 0 with documented evidence pattern

Composite scores resolving at zero — methodology disclosure

These entities consistently score the worst result across all 8 dimensions of compassionate conduct — the benchmark's most serious classification.

What “floor” means: every one of the 8 dimensions (Recognition, Response, Reduction, and 5 others) resolves at the lowest behavioral anchor (1.0/5.0) across multiple assessment cycles, yielding a composite score of 0. Full methodology.

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