1. 15.599 The Future of Work and Collaborative Innovation Networks 4. Ethical Codes in Small Worlds 2/16/2005 Peter Gloor pgloor@mit.edu

2. Commitment Building in Communes

3. Ethical Code (Tao of COINs) Ethical axiom from the “Theory of Justice” of John Rawls Goods - liberty and opportunity, income and wealth, and the bases of self-respect - to be distributed equally unless unequal distribution is to the advantage of the least favored In COIN primary good is knowledge Most knowledge given to least knowledgeable members More knowledge for individuals leads to higher productivity

4. Golden Rule of online behavior 1.Respect your elders 2.Be courteous with your fellow members 3.Only say something if you have something to say 4.Be ready to help your fellow community members

5. SOCNET Sample (3) “It is amazing how smart people on this list do not know how to use Google!” (2&4) “Nothing personal here. Actually, from the past emails, I knew that you are one of the most active and willing-to-help person in this list. But you know, for a newbie, a right pointer to the right article as start-learning-point can help them a lot and save them a lot of time.” (1) “It's been my experience on USENET and other forums where you are making a written (email) request to a group of experts, that it's a good idea to show the work that you have already done to try and solve your problem or answer your question.”

6. Almost COINs

7. Small Worlds

8. John Mary John Mary AB Hubs of Trust - Small Worlds

9. John Mary John Mary Bill Sue CD Fred Scale-free Small Worlds

10. e-expert consultant e.Xpert e-champion Core team core team

11. Properties of COINs creative intelligence swarm creativity transparency consistency code of ethics ethical conscience knowledge sharing trust network tea m individual innovationcollaborationcommunication organization meritocracy shared vision