Entity Promise

A Entity Promise is a cognitive agent decision that involves significant resources and delayed gratification.

• AKA: Commitment, Pledge, Vow, Assurance.
• Context:
  • It can typically create Promise Obligation through declared intentions.
  • It can typically establish Promise Expectation through explicit statements.
  • It can typically involve Promise Accountability through consequence acceptance.
  • It can typically require Promise Resource through capability allocation.
  • It can typically generate Promise Trust through consistent fulfillment.
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  • It can often include Promise Timeline through deadline specification.
  • It can often involve Promise Condition through fulfillment requirements.
  • It can often require Promise Capacity through capability assessment.
  • It can often create Promise Relationship through social bond formation.
  • It can often necessitate Promise Planning through implementation strategies.
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  • It can range from being a Promise to Oneself to being a Promise to Another, depending on its recipient.
  • It can range from being an Undocumented Promise to being a Documented Promise, depending on its formalization level.
  • It can range from being a Kept Promise to being a Broken Promise, depending on its fulfillment status.
  • It can range from being a Simple Promise to being a Complex Promise, depending on its component count.
  • It can range from being a Short-Term Promise to being a Long-Term Promise, depending on its time horizon.
  • It can range from being a Private Promise to being a Public Promise, depending on its disclosure level.
  • It can range from being a Minor Promise to being a Major Promise, depending on its significance.
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  • It can have Promise Component for commitment structure.
  • It can have Promise Witness for social verification.
  • It can have Promise Documentation for content preservation.
  • It can have Promise Symbol for meaning representation.
  • It can have Promise Reminder for fulfillment assistance.
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  • It can be Promise Made during commitment moments.
  • It can be Promise Kept through fulfillment actions.
  • It can be Promise Broken through failure events.
  • It can be Promise Renegotiated during circumstance changes.
  • It can be Promise Remembered through memory triggers.
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• Examples:
  • Personal Promises, such as:
    • Personal Promise-to-Oneself, such as:
      • New Year's Resolution for annual personal improvement.
      • Health Promise for physical wellbeing enhancement.
      • Learning Promise for knowledge acquisition.
    • Personal Promise-to-Others, such as:
      • Birthday Promise for special occasion commitment.
      • Friendship Promise for relational bond strengthening.
      • Family Promise for kinship duty fulfillment.
  • Professional Promises, such as:
    • Work Promises, such as:
      • Deadline Promise for project completion assurance.
      • Quality Promise for standard maintenance commitment.
      • Collaboration Promise for team support.
    • Business Promises, such as:
      • Service Promise for customer expectation setting.
      • Delivery Promise for operational reliability.
      • Warranty Promise for product assurance.
  • Formal Promises, such as:
    • Legal Promises, such as:
      • Contract for enforceable agreement.
      • Oath for formal declaration.
      • Warranty for product guarantee.
    • Social Promises, such as:
      • Marriage Vow for relationship commitment.
      • Public Pledge for community accountability.
      • Organizational Promise for institutional obligation.
  • Moral Promises, such as:
    • Ethical Promises, such as:
      • Integrity Promise for principle adherence.
      • Honesty Promise for truth commitment.
    • Social Responsibility Promises, such as:
      • Environmental Promise for ecological protection.
      • Community Service Promise for social contribution.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Random Act of Kindness, which lacks prior commitment.
  • Spontaneous Decision, which lacks deliberate forethought.
  • Fleeting Intention, which lacks commitment sustainability.
  • Casual Statement, which lacks obligation creation.
  • Wishful Thinking, which lacks action intention.
• See: Legal Consideration, New Year's Resolution, Commitment Theory, Social Contract, Obligation Ethics, Trust Building, Expectation Management, Implementation Intention, Commit, Promise, Contract, Involuntary Commitment, Ontological Commitment, Organizational Commitment, Commitment Scheme, Climate Commitment, Capital Commitment.

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References

2020a

• (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/commitment#Other_uses Retrieved:2020-3-4.
  • The Commitments (novel), a 1987 novel by Roddy Doyle
  • Promise, or personal commitment
  • Contract, a legally binding exchange of promises
  • Brand, commitment
  • Involuntary commitment, the use of legal means or forms to commit a person to a mental hospital, insane asylum, or psychiatric ward
  • Ontological commitment, belief in an ontology in philosophy
  • Organizational commitment.
  • Commitment scheme, in cryptography
  • Kingsbury Commitment, the beginning of AT&T's monopoly in the telephone industry
  • Climate commitment, a model of climate change
  • Capital commitment, the capital committed by a Limited Partner in a Private Equity Fund or Real Estate Fund
  • Monetary policy commitment, designed to create monetary policy credibility

2020b

• (Wikitionary, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commitment#Noun
  1. The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
     1. The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
     2. Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
  2. Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
     1. Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
  3. Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
  4. The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
  5. Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
  6. State of being pledged or engaged.
  7. The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

2020c

• (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/commitment#Film_and_television Retrieved:2020-3-4.
  • • Commitment (2013 film), a South Korean film directed by Park Hong-soo
    • Commitment (2016 film), a Gujariti film directed by Atul Patel starring Manas Shah
    • Commitment (2019 film), a Turkish film
    • Commitments (film), a 2001 drama television film on BET
    • The Commitment (film), alternative English title of the Filipino film Kasal directed by Joselito Altarejos
    • The Commitments (film), a 1991 film adaptation of the Roddy Doyle book The Commitments

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/promise Retrieved:2014-12-30.
  • A promise is a commitment by someone to do or not do something. As a noun promise means a declaration assuring that one will or will not do something. As a verb it means to commit oneself by a promise to do or give. It can also mean a capacity for good, similar to a value that is to be realized in the near future.

    In the law of contract, an exchange of promises is usually held to be legally enforceable, according to the Latin maxim pacta sunt servanda.

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