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CB.6:3 - Forces
Force
Decision it changes
Timely acknowledgement and warranted claims
A contributor should not wait indefinitely for a response; the organiser must distinguish a known contribution from a later effect that is still unobserved.
Public credit and personal preference
Visibility can help a person, while privacy, shared authorship or an unwanted association can make another form preferable.
Consistent treatment and different contributions
Common criteria make an award understandable; comparable value cannot always be represented by a count of messages or hours.
Appreciation and control
A response can convey useful information and care, or make approval conditional on further unpaid effort.
A desirable opportunity and actual provision
An introduction, learning place or special access is useful only when the relevant people, conditions and capacity support it.