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[[Category:Tsm’syen Law]]<br />
[[Category:Recording and Memory]]<br />
[[Category:Codex Principles]]<br />
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== Purpose ==<br />
This principle protects trust in records and in those who create and maintain them.<br />
Integrity depends not only on correctness, but also on discipline in what is said, claimed, or implied.<br />
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== Principle ==<br />
'''Accuracy and restraint preserve integrity.'''<br />
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== Meaning ==<br />
Recording must aim to represent events, teachings, and decisions faithfully.<br />
At the same time, recorders must avoid exaggeration, assumption, speculation, or extending meaning beyond what is known or witnessed.<br />
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Accuracy without restraint can still distort.<br />
Restraint without accuracy can hide truth.<br />
Both are required.<br />
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== Accuracy Requires ==<br />
* Careful listening and faithful representation.<br />
* Distinguishing between fact, interpretation, and opinion.<br />
* Identifying uncertainty honestly.<br />
* Correcting mistakes when discovered.<br />
* Avoiding selective quotation that changes meaning.<br />
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== Restraint Requires ==<br />
* Not claiming authority beyond one’s standing.<br />
* Not presenting partial knowledge as complete.<br />
* Not expanding scope beyond what was intended.<br />
* Respecting limits on sensitive or protected knowledge.<br />
* Avoiding dramatic or strategic framing that pressures outcomes.<br />
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== Why Integrity Matters ==<br />
* Trust allows law to function across generations.<br />
* Communities rely on records to understand what occurred.<br />
* Weak integrity invites conflict, confusion, and external misuse.<br />
* Strong integrity protects both the record and the recorder.<br />
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== Common Threats to Integrity ==<br />
* Filling gaps with assumption.<br />
* Editing to favor an outcome.<br />
* Reporting conclusions without process.<br />
* Removing statements from their lawful boundaries.<br />
* Treating uncertainty as weakness instead of honesty.<br />
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== Examples ==<br />
* Writing “it was decided” when discussion was incomplete.<br />
* Presenting a personal interpretation as a collective view.<br />
* Omitting disagreement to create artificial unity.<br />
* Extending a local matter to national scale without authority.<br />
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== Safeguards ==<br />
* State clearly what is known, unknown, and inferred.<br />
* Invite verification and correction.<br />
* Maintain original versions where possible.<br />
* Separate record from commentary.<br />
* Ensure witnessing for important proceedings.<br />
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== Cross-references ==<br />
* [[Recording requires careful attention to accuracy.]]<br />
* [[Errors must be identified and corrected.]]<br />
* [[Selective recording distorts meaning.]]<br />
* [[Verification strengthens trust.]]<br />
* [[Method Matters as Much as Content]]<br />
* [[Context Must Accompany All Records]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
Future development may include ethical guidelines for recorders and editors.<br />
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== Source Citations ==<br />
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