Mechanism Design

This directory develops the institutional mechanisms of Stairway Universalism, including permission, certification, audit, appeal, degradation, and anti-solidification design.

Mechanism design must not only prove that "hierarchy is necessary," but must also answer "who has the right to hierarchize," "how is hierarchy supervised," and "how are hierarchical errors corrected."

Completed Mechanism Documents

• Permission Ladder: Five-level risk threshold framework for permissions, responsibilities, audits, and feedback obligations
• Capability Certification: Three-dimension assessment, parallel certification paths, and bias monitoring framework
• Accountability Chain: Four-layer responsibility structure and scapegoat prevention framework
• Audit Transparency: Three-layer audit, auditor self-supervision, and privacy balance framework
• Threshold Setting Principles: Three types of thresholds and five setting rules
• Baseline Service User Quality Floor: Quality floor principles, chronic underconfiguration monitoring, and human rights protection channel

Mechanism Themes Merged into the Manifesto

The core content of the following themes has been incorporated into the manifesto and is no longer separately documented:

• Permission degradation and re-certification → See Manifesto §2.2 (Permission Degradation)
• Appeal mechanism → See Manifesto §2.5 (Objections and Appeals)
• Stairway definition power → See Manifesto §2.5 (Three-Body Design)
• Spillover feedback mechanism → See Manifesto §2.6 (Feedback Obligations)
• Institutional cost and feasibility → See Manifesto §7.1 (Mechanism Complexity and Realistic Costs)

Topics to be Organized

• International dimension mechanism design: First-round framework has been formed; subsequent calibration needs to combine with real-world cases.
• Reality testing of technical assumptions: Historical versions have been archived; if reactivated, should serve as boundary test supplements rather than hard premises for mechanisms.