React Culture React culture consists of any social or cultural norm privileging anything less than properly resolving needs . react culture - privileged reactions Privileged reaction # 15 Humanity loathing Animosity toward all fellow humans, enabling actual sources. properly resolving needs Humanity loathing 8/8/26 1 Humanity loathing Atomization culture Accountability diffusion Degraded social contract Indulgent side-taking Pathological pragmatism Projected antagonism Structural exaction Hyperrationality culture Ascribed legitimacy Dysfunction pathway Manipulative deception Permitted evil Pseudo-rationality Zero-sum thinking Hyperbole culture Bothsidesism misuse Excessive resourcing Mass institution mission creep Petty arguing debate Relativizing universal wisdom Avoidance culture Coerced compliance Gaslighting Moral conflation Premature defensiveness Self-incriminating denials Oppo culture Coerced poor options dependence Humanity loathing Normative alienation Privileged avoidance Shame shifting

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The more you generalize, the less of reality you realize. < Back C09 General Principle List of all principles The more you generalize, the less of reality you realize. Image: Pixabay – FelixMittermeier (click on meme to see source image) Summary The more you rely on simplifying reality, the more details of reality you likely overlook. We often keep it simple to avoid uncomfortable facts, or to hold together a coalition, often both. The more you courageously address each relevant detail, the more your needs can more fully resolve. The more you do, the more pushback from those relying on these oversimplifying generalizations. Description Which do you think is more likely? You have to go with generalizations to be decisive in life. OR You will get more out of life the more you replace your generalizations with relevant specifics. Anankelogy The more you feel overwhelmed from multiple sources of stimuli, the more likely your cognitive load finds some way to simplify life. You reduce complicated details into manageable general ideas. You dismiss what seems less relevant to your immediate aims. You generalize. To navigate life’s complexities, you likely adopt widely held views to help you comprehend what you cannot or do not have time to fully understand on your own. You generalize, in both senses of the word. 1) You apply your view as widely as possible; what fits you should universalize equally to others. 2) You evade messy details; you avoid bringing up details that could cost you social support. Until you process all the relevant details of a need, to fully resolve that need, too much generalizing can lead you astray. Your body then warns you this need is not resolving enough to restore your functioning. You experience this warning as some form of physical or emotional pain. To cope with the pain, you may revert back to comforting generalizations. You rely on what anankelogy calls relief-generalizing . That’s when you seek relief from the pain of your unmet needs with comforting generalizations. But relying too much on generalizing typically sidesteps the detail necessary to resolve the underlying need. So the pain inevitably recurs. You then risk slipping into dysfunction , of prioritizing the relief of your mounting pain. You can then afford less and less cognitive space to focus on what is necessary to resolve the need, to remove that pain. You increasingly latch onto beliefs that limit your appreciation of reality. All beliefs include some level of error . The more you cling to generalizing to cope, the less of reality you can faithfully process. Without some return to identifying and addressing the overlooked specifics shaping your needs, you risk slipping into a miserable rabbit hole of mounting despair. Need-response Need-response recognizes how legalistic and biopsychological responses to problems often fall short of addressing problems because they count on imperfect generalizations. You can find yourself pulled into generalizing by institutions built on such imperfect generalizations. The more grounded in a universal principle—like honoring others as your healthiest self would have them honor you—the more reliable the generalization. The more a generalization permits you to skip or ignore relevant facts, the more trouble you are bound to face. Some laws (like constitutional norms) are more grounded in universal principles than others. Most laws are kept intentionally vague to apply to as many situations as possible. And they tend to remain impersonal to avoid favoritism. Biopsychological responses to problems rely heavily on generalizations from the medical model . It tries to reduces detail-rich situations into internally changeable options. The more this model overlooks the socioenvironmental factors to wellness, the more its generalizing can lead you down a path of unwellness in the name of wellness. Need-response equips you to face the specifics of your needs and problems. The more of reality you realize, the less you habitually generalize. Reactive Problem Increasing alienation increases reliance on unreliable generalizations. Faulty assumptions fill in when not knowing other’s specific needs and experiences. Problems arise. Instead of taking a high stand to identify and resolve needs, avoidant adversarialism sets in to indulgently take sides . Problems then feed on themselves. Instead of affirming other’s unchosen needs they cannot change, you provoke their defensiveness. They provoke yours. You morally conflate what they could do to change with the natural needs they cannot change. They dig in their heels. What you reactively resist you reflexively reinforce . You then get more of what you ostensibly oppose, to ensure the conflict remains. You could possibly normalize this tension. You might indulge in the conflict porn of constantly trying to win over others. You play a complicit role in impeding resolution of needs. You come to depend on the familiarity of the tense situation. Responsive Solution Need-response provide the free Personally Responsive tool to melt alienation with deliberate acts of kindness. You replace the habits of avoidance and adversarialism with engagement and mutual understanding and support. To be better understood, you first understand others. To be more affirmed, you first affirm others. To receive appropriate support, you first appropriately support others. The tool helps you break the ice so you can incentivize others to be open to your service to them. You model how they can improve to understand and engage your needs. Along the way, you learn to let go of those fill-in assumptions. You drop your generalizations that no longer serve you. You gather more insight into all the dynamics shaping your life. You face more of reality and become a better person for it. The less you generalize, the more reality you finally realize. Responding to your needs How does this principle speak to your experience of needs? Post in our Engagement forum your thoughtful response to one of these: What counts as a generalization? How can I know when I have discovered enough specifics? I think too much concern about specifics can lead to overthinking some things. It doesn’t help being surrounded by others who constantly overgeneralize. Instead of selecting one of these, post your own engagement feedback about your experience with the subject of this principle. Remember the aim is to improve our responsiveness to each other’s needs, toward their full resolution. If you’re new at posting here, first check the guide below. 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You believe what you need to believe. < Back B06 Basic Principle List of all principles You believe what you need to believe. Image: Pixabay – jplenio (click on meme to see source image) Summary The more a belief proves vital to your existence, the more it rises in your hierarchy of accepted truths. The more your life seems or actually depends on something being so, the more you must naturally defend it. The less relevant to your required means to function, the less you defend it. The less your needs resolve, the more tightly you cling to any belief you perceive helping you get by. Description Which do you think is more likely? You can change at will any of your beliefs at any time. OR You cannot easily change a belief you rely upon to serve your vital needs. Anankelogy Your mind holds true or untrue what it finds useful to serve your needs. The more impact, imagined or real, the more you cling to a belief as an unassailable conviction. The less relevant to your needs, the less you hold onto a belief. If a comet passes by the earth a million miles away, it matters little if you believe it could hit the earth the next time it passes by in the next century. But if headed directly toward us, now your belief of a likely impact matters everything to you. The less information you find about something likely to impact your needs, the more you tend to generalize to fill the gaps. The less your needs resolve, the more drawn to comforting generalizations to help you get by. The more your beliefs rely on comforting generalizations that are easily disconfirmed by specifics, the less reliable your beliefs. Generalizations drift from reality, which hinders you from resolving needs. Specifics enable you relate more accurately with reality, to resolve more needs. The more your beliefs get shaped by what only eases your needs or relieves your pain of unmet needs, the more easily you overlook reality. You become saddled with blind spots or false urgencies to ease the mounting pain. You then rely more on generalizations to avoid specific pain. The more you rely on comforting generalizations, the less your needs can fully resolve. The less your needs resolve, the more emotional or physical pain you will suffer. The more pain you suffer, the more drawn to comforting generalizations for some kind of relief. Rince and repeat. Need-response Need-response shifts attention away from the quality of your thinking to the quality of how well we treat each other. You can be one of the best critical thinkers on the planet, and still clutch for rationalizations when desperately seeking relief from neglected needs. The more responsive to each other’s needs, the less drawn to false beliefs. You believe what you find enables you to resolve more needs. The less responsive to each other’s needs, the more drawn to false beliefs. You believe what you find helps you cope with the pain of your unmet needs. We all cling tightly to beliefs full of errors . The less your needs resolve, the more errant your beliefs. The more your needs resolve, the more your beliefs reflect what is real. Reactive Problem Most of our institutions assume you arrive to your beliefs rationally. Our adversarial institutions of law privilege less responsiveness to each other’s needs. No law requires you to be gracious toward other’s imperfect efforts, or to be empathetic to the poorly understood, or to be patient with those struggling to get it right. These qualities fall outside of the legitimate role for law. Laws prioritize harm reduction over need resolution. It goes against the grain of law to fully resolve needs . After all, our behaviors are not literally governed by our laws but by our needs . The more we vainly count on our impersonal laws to fix our problems, the more we often believe what we must think is true to cope with the pain of our resulting unaddressed needs. As modern society loses traditional sources for cohesion, such as a communal faith or a civic community, we easily put more and more faith in our impersonal legal systems. We call the police. We sue others. We overlook the shortcomings of the adversarial judicial system and limitations of divisive politics to somehow fix our problems. We believe these are important to fix matters because we need them to be important to fix matters. Responsive Solution Need-response seeks to restore interpersonal respect for each other’s needs. To directly relate to each other’s needs instead of relying blindly on laws to compel each other’s respect. To turn from a culture of outrage to a culture of mutual respect. The more need-response can inspire you to believe in the importance of personally expressing your need to others, the more you can believe that laws serve more as a backup system than the plan A we vainly expect them to be. One way we can better identify and address our needs is to agree to apply what anankelogy calls character refunctions . These are ethical standards known throughout history to create better results than mere legalistic norms alone. For example, these five character refunctions can help renew relationships constrained by some wrongdoing. Grace . The more you meet others where they're at, the less you're pulled into conflict. Forgiveness . The more you get past your anger, the less others bring up your faults. Atonement . The more you can restore some loss you caused, the more you melt their bitterness. Mercy . The more you can suffer loss, the more you inspire others to get past their losses. Justice . The more responsive to their needs, the more they can be fairly responsive to your needs. The more you believe what you find actually resolves needs, removes pain and restores wellness, the more you actually resolve needs, remove pain and restore wellness. You need to believe what improves your life, and let go of believing whatever helped you cope with past pain. Responding to your needs How does this principle speak to your experience of needs? Post in our Engagement forum your thoughtful response to one of these: I choose to believe many of my beliefs, even if nothing in my life requires me to think it true. There must be more to what shapes our perception of what is so than simply our needs. Surely there is some agency, some personal responsibility, in how we shape our beliefs. Is this belief that we believe what we need to believe stem from something we need to believe? Instead of selecting one of these, post your own engagement feedback about your experience with the subject of this principle. Remember the aim is to improve our responsiveness to each other’s needs, toward their full resolution. If you’re new at posting here, first check the guide below. Engage this principle in our forum Engagement guide Any visitor to the Engagement forum can view all posts. So do keep that in mind when posting. Sign up or sign in to comment on these posts and to create your own posts. Using this platform assumes you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . Remember to keep the following in mind: Quote the principle you are responding to, and its identifier letter & number. Let’s be specific. Demonstrate need-responsiveness in your interactions here. Let’s respect each other. Engage supportive feedback from others on this platform. Let’s grow together. Together, let’s improve our need-responsiveness . Together, let’s spread some love . 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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Glossary G < back to glossary menu good faith effort (GFE) (n. ) Agreed upon attempts to understand and respect each other's affected needs, grounded in mutual trust from demonstrating trustworthiness using the mutuality process . Part of the need-response process. good faith quality (GFQ) (n. ) degree of trustworthiness as demonstrated by utilization of the mutuality process . Part of the need-response process. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z < back to glossary menu

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Glossary O < back to glossary menu objective evil (n. ) Anankelogy recognizes pathologizing plus benefiting from it as equivalent to evil. harming others + benefiting from it = evil Anyone who can be empirically measured as gaining something of value from empirically hindering the objective needs of others (and potentially of oneself) can be counted as “objective” evil. This points to three observable elements that can be captured using the tools of social science. 1. The objective needs of others. 2. Any hindrance of resolving such needs. 3. Benefiting from such hindrance. The more one gains from their imposition on others, however ostensibly benign or obviously pernicious, the more they tend to deny its harm. Or they resort to motivated reasoning to rationalize that any negative impact was necessary for some claimed greater good. This tends to occur only in power relations, where a more socially influential person or entity imposes their self-serving will onto the vulnerably less influential. As the less powerful can adequately function as a consequence, the blind-sighted powerful may see this as proof of their superiority. Evil then becomes something of a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is generally easier to be self-righteous when no one is in place to hold one accountable. The most evil figures in history tend not to recognize themselves as evil. Nor would those currently acting as such, until now with these three measurable variables tested with the social science of anankelogy. See evil . objective sin (n. ) Measurably falling short of fully resolving need, which limits optimal functioning in an objective way, independent of emotion, belief or perception. Imperfection objectively limiting full wellness, whether from one's own limited actions or from other's imposing limitations, or both. objective wickedness (n. ) Measurably obstructing resolution of need, which objectively limits full functioning, independent of emotion, belief or perception. Often with good intent, such as offering relief from the pain of unresolved needs that risks perpetuating pain by ignoring the objective needs. The more you become attached to pain relief to the point of neglecting the underserved needs (which dutifully prompts pain to call attention to your diminished wellness), the more your resulting diminished capacity to function becomes normalized. You then risk protecting this more familiar pain to avoid the lesser known pain of processing the uncomfortable alarm of your unresolved need. The more you avoid this call to remove a threat to your capacity to function, the more this persisting threat prompts more pain for you to try to ignore. This occurs as objectively wicked in that your objective capacity to function measurably declines, independent of any emotion, belief or perception. oppo culture (n. ) - DEFUNCTION Short for "opposition culture", this refers to the set of written and unwritten norms that privileges or compels taking an antagonistic stance against others with whom one disagrees. It tends to displace the more noble potential for mutual regard . It functions in proximity with avoidance culture as key components to the power delusion . See adversarialism . organic pain (n. ) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z < back to glossary menu

React Culture React culture consists of any social or cultural norm privileging anything less than properly resolving needs . react culture - privileged reactions Privileged reaction # 27 Pseudo-rationality Emotionally charged subjectivity under veneer of being rational. properly resolving needs Pseudo-rationality 8/8/26 1 Pseudo-rationality Atomization culture Accountability diffusion Degraded social contract Indulgent side-taking Pathological pragmatism Projected antagonism Structural exaction Hyperrationality culture Ascribed legitimacy Dysfunction pathway Manipulative deception Permitted evil Pseudo-rationality Zero-sum thinking Hyperbole culture Bothsidesism misuse Excessive resourcing Mass institution mission creep Petty arguing debate Relativizing universal wisdom Avoidance culture Coerced compliance Gaslighting Moral conflation Premature defensiveness Self-incriminating denials Oppo culture Coerced poor options dependence Humanity loathing Normative alienation Privileged avoidance Shame shifting

A life full of comfort is a life not fully lived. < Back D09 Pain Principle List of all principles A life full of comfort is a life not fully lived. Image: Pixabay – PublicDomainPictures (click on meme to see source image) Summary The more you surround yourself with every comfort and convenience available, the more you risk missing the deeper things in life. Life creates more meaningful results with a natural balance between unpleasant challenges and pleasant rewards. Too much shallow pleasure from nice things denies you the deep pleasure of enjoying a meaningful life independent of material things. Description Which do you believe is truer? Happiness is enjoying a trouble-free life with the latest in material amenities. OR Life offers more joy when meaningfully contributing to the lives of others. Anankelogy The more you settle into a comfort zone of avoiding risk to your security, and allow yourself to grow emotionally attached to every modern convenience, the less you engage the rich depths of life. Life is best enjoyed when facing challenges, and feeling a burst of purposefulness when succeeding. Discomfort exists to warn you of threats to remove. So embrace it. Others are trying to remove a different set of threats than you, and that can prove uncomfortable—especially it they see you as one of the threats. But embrace the discomfort. Embrace it as a worthy challenge. Instead of trying to remove the discomfort, listen for what your emotional warnings suggest you must remove in order to fully function. Remove that so you or others can function better. This discomfort is here to serve you so don’t serve it . Let it alert you to what to remove. At first, your pain may feel urgent. It then typically shouts to you something you can do to react to the pain. It’s just an option. Unless your immediate security is at risk, you can pass on this option. Feel the pain but don’t act upon it. Reflect further. What can you do about the core threat? Embrace this challenge to feel the pain, even as you remove barriers infringing on you or others wellbeing. Let that remove its cause for pain. Let the process with your noble goal give it the meaning to make it all worthwhile. Challenges give meaning to life. No pain, no gain? The more you turn uncomfortable obstacles into meaningful challenges and then succeed in solving the problem by resolving the needs, the richer in purpose your life becomes. It typically makes any momentary suffering worth the endurance. Your grueling season of cultivating these labor-intensive crops pays off in a bountiful harvest of transformed lives. Such joy runs far deeper than the mere pleasure of material things. Those shallow pleasures from winning at a video game or getting a thousand social media likes pales in comparison to the lasting pleasure of contributing something meaning to the lives of others. You could seek opportunities to turn obstacles into meaningful challenges. And keep yourself oriented to meaningful joy with a ‘lens’ that instantly interprets any problem as an opportunity to unpack the needs not being properly resolved. That’s exactly what need-response is all about. Need-response You can either cling to the false promise of material happiness, and deny the undercurrents of misery if offers. Or you can embrace opportunities to create more meaningful paths for your life. Need-response offers you a way to shift from such passive living to a richer more engaged life. Reactive Problem The more you settle into the modern myth of materialism, and allow yourself to be lulled into the false securities of material success, the more you risk missing your life’s full potential. The more your wealth or other temporary gains create your meaning to live this life, the more vulnerable you leave yourself to utter despair if a disaster should strike and take it all away. Here lies another reason why addictions become so emotionally painful. The more consumed by a pain-avoiding habit, the more you intuitively know your life is missing out on reaching its true purpose. The more debilitated by dysfunction, which you cope through with addictive things, the less you can provide meaningfully for others. Surely there is a path out of this vicious trap. Responsive Solution If lulled into the modern sleep of comforting complacency or into incapacitating addictions, need-response offers a free course to expand your natural tolerance for discomfort. NR101 walks you through a simple exercise that can restore your lost capacity to endure more discomfort. The following courses offer you opportunity to create meaning by helping others to resolve their needs. In the process, you gain meaning while addressing sources of pain beyond your personal control. First, you learn to embrace the natural discomfort this path will demand of you. Your ancestors could tolerate the biting cold of winter without central heating, and endure the scorching heat of summer without air conditioning. They had to. Not only because those technical amenities did not yet exist, but because they relied more on their natural capacity to adjust to wild swings in their immediate environment. There were many. You can get back to enduring more than you likely assume you can tolerate now. Now you can regain this skill with this free course. It’s time to reacquaint yourself to nature’s least appreciated gift . It’s time to arm yourself with this greater capacity to face just about anything. It’s time to equip yourself to not be as easily pulled into outrage porn or depressed by overwhelming demands on your busy life. Do it now before the next disaster hits. You’ll be grateful you did. Responding to your needs How does this principle speak to your experience of needs? Post in our Engagement forum your thoughtful response to one of these: I have so many modern amenities that my life would be crushed if I lost them in a disaster. One time, I tried not using any social media and let me tell you how it went. My life is getting more meaningful after I gave up some creature comforts. I find my life has become much richer since losing a lot stuff that really doesn’t matter. Instead of selecting one of these, post your own engagement feedback about your experience with the subject of this principle. Remember the aim is to improve our responsiveness to each other’s needs, toward their full resolution. If you’re new at posting here, first check the guide below. Engage this principle in our forum Engagement guide Any visitor to the Engagement forum can view all posts. So do keep that in mind when posting. 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4 < Back to list A. Character refunction 4 A kindness Placeholder text until I find the time to draft a full description. 4 .1 A Need experience 4 .2 A Defunctionalizing Info This subsection applies 'relational knowing' statements to illuminate how this defunction relationally lowers your ability to fully function. It is typically framed with more/more or more/less or less/more or less/less associations that can be empirically tested. 4 .3 A Refunctionalizing Info This subsection applies 'relational knowing' statements to illuminate how this defunction could be turned around to raise your ability to function. It also uses more/more or more/less or less/more or less/less associations that can be empirically tested. 4 .4 A Example(s) This subsection offers some examples of this defunction you may observe affecting your life. Usually more than one example is provided. If reading this, there are no examples yet to this defunction. 4 .5 A Associated defunctions This subsection points to similar or applicable defunctions. If reading this, there are no defunctions specifically associated with this defunction. 4 .6 A Relevant refunctions This subsection points to relevant or complementary refunctions. If reading this, there are no relevant defunctions to correlate with this defunction. 4 .7 A Applicable principles This subsection points to those anankelogical principles that aptly apply to this defunction. If reading this, there are no anankelogical principles related specifically to this defunction. 4 .8 A Referenced blog posts This subsection points to those blog entries that relate to, or cite, this particular defunction. If reading this, there are no blog entries yet related specifically to this defunction. Date created: 8/26/23 Type: Date revised: A. Character refunction The more you pleasantly smile and encourage others, the more your needs resolve. Refrain from harsh words. Give encouragement to those in need. Smile more towards others, even if they do not smile back. Let your smile sustain your positive attitude, especially in those moments when you don't feel like smiling. Yet be sure your positive regard stays sincere. Be an example of the level of kindness we all need for more civil interactions, leading to more meaningful lives. Previous Next Discuss at our Engagement forum

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Not yet contacted about PE 76 Wackenhut (G4S Global) Not yet contacted about PE 77 The Work Number Not yet contacted about PE 78 Other screening Supplementary/Alternative Credit Reports (e.g., for mortgages) Advanced Resolution Services (ARS) Not yet contacted about public exoneration 01 A-PLUS Personal Lines Loss History Solutions by Verisk Not yet contacted about public exoneration 02 Avantus (now Xactus) Not yet contacted about public exoneration 03 ChoicePoint Not yet contacted about public exoneration 04 Collection Resources Not yet contacted about public exoneration 05 CreditIQ Credit Report by CoreLogic Credo Not yet contacted about public exoneration 06 Factual Data Not yet contacted about public exoneration 07 FirstPoint Not yet contacted about public exoneration 08 Inflection Risk Solutions Not yet contacted about public exoneration 09 Innovis Not yet contacted about public exoneration 10 LexisNexis Risk Solutions Not yet contacted about public exoneration 11 L2C Not yet contacted about public exoneration 12 MicroBilt Not yet contacted about public exoneration 13 SageStream, LLC Not yet contacted about public exoneration 14 Additional consumer reporting agencies and background check services Much of these come from Top10.com's Best Background Check Services of 2025 . More can be found at the iCIMS Marketplace . AccuSourceHR A Not yet contacted about public exoneration Avail B Not yet contacted about public exoneration BeenVerified C Not yet contacted about public exoneration CheckPeople E Not yet contacted about public exoneration Checksecrets J Not yet contacted about public exoneration InCheck F Not yet contacted about public exoneration Instant Checkmate G Not yet contacted about public exoneration Intellius H Not yet contacted about public exoneration PeopleLookers I Not yet contacted about public exoneration Pre-Employment, Inc. J Not yet contacted about public exoneration RentRedi K Not yet contacted about public exoneration Spokeo L Not yet contacted about public exoneration Talogy M Not yet contacted about public exoneration Tenant Background Check N Not yet contacted about public exoneration TruthFinder O Not yet contacted about public exoneration unitedstatesbackgroundcheck.com P Not yet contacted about public exoneration Tenant screening This list is also curated by the Consumer Law Firm . Agencies come and go, join others and change scope. Some of these links may need updating. Advanced Background Services, LLC Not yet contacted about public exoneration 01 AmRent Not yet contacted about public exoneration 02 AmerUSA Not yet contacted about public exoneration 03 AppFolio Not yet contacted about public exoneration 04 Contemporary Information Corp (CIC) Not yet contacted about public exoneration 05 CoreLogic SafeRent Not yet contacted about public exoneration 06 Experian RentBureau Not yet contacted about public exoneration 07 First Advantage Corporation Resident Solutions Not yet contacted about public exoneration 08 LeasingDesk by RealPage, Inc. Not yet contacted about public exoneration 09 MyScreeningReport Not yet contacted about public exoneration 10 National Tenant Network (NTN) Not yet contacted about public exoneration 11 On-Site by RealPage, Inc. Not yet contacted about public exoneration 12 Real Id, Inc Not yet contacted about public exoneration 13 RentGrow by Yardi Not yet contacted about public exoneration 14 SafeRent Solutions, LLC (see #6) Not yet contacted about public exoneration 15 Screening Reports, Inc. Not yet contacted about public exoneration 16 StarPoint Screening Not yet contacted about public exoneration 17 Tenant Data Not yet contacted about public exoneration 18 TransUnion Rental Screening Solutions, Inc. (TransUnion SmartMove) Not yet contacted about public exoneration 19 TurboTenant Screening Not yet contacted about public exoneration 20 Associations of consumer reporting agencies Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA) Founded in 1906, CDIA represents a wide range of consumer reporting agencies, including the major credit bureaus. Their mission is to promote the responsible use of consumer data to help consumers achieve financial goals and to help businesses avoid fraud. National Consumer Reporting Association (NCRA) Founded in 1992, NCRA is a trade organization for consumer reporting agencies and professionals in the housing industry. Their focus is on the housing sector, including mortgage lending and multifamily rental housing. Collateral consequences of a miscarriage of justice Why the need for this list of consumer reporting agencies? Because they serve as a key conduit for perpetuating injustice against the innocent, whether they realize it or not. Instead of replicating the errant binary of the criminal judicial system (i.e., guilty or not guilty), need-response recommends all criminal background checking services employ our best practice. Let their clients know: 1) the scale of overlooked innocence, 2) the imperfections of the adversarial legal system, 3) the risk of being complicit in perpetuating this injustice, and 4) recognizing the likely innocence of the checked individual. Be honest with background check seekers. "The person you are checking has a conviction they have consistently challenged, and now with persuasive evidence. The criminal justice system is unable to identify and correct the vast number of these errors in a timely manner. You are recommended to consider their record in totality when deciding to hire them" or "lease your property to them." Need-response can help you onboard this best practice, to improve your competitive advantage over others risking complicity in condemning the innocent to second class citizenship. Learn more by checking out these resources. National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Conviction Check their inventory of 40,000 consequences for a criminal conviction. Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Judicial Bench Book (pdf) Published the National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions with funding from the U.S. Department of Justice. 20 pages. The Collateral Consequences of Wrongful Conviction (pdf) Alvier, A. (2021). The Collateral Consequences of Wrongful Conviction, International Journal of Arts Humanities and Social Science Studies, 6 , 4. COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES: The Crossroads of Punishment, Redemption, and the Effects on Communities (pdf) Published by the US Commission on Civil Rights. 174 pages. Removing Barriers and Restoring Hope: The Basics of Expungements and Certificates of Relief (pdf) Written by Daniel Bowes, supervising attorney of Second Chance Employment Project, and by Legal Aid of North Carolina 65 Million Need Not Apply (pdf) Published by the National Employment Law Project (NELP) in 2011 How “Collateral Consequences” Keep People Trapped in the Legal System 2023 Nov 29 Article by Vera.org about how the harms of mass incarceration extend far beyond courtrooms, jail cells, and prison beds. Informed Decisions Act (IDA) This is a bill I drafted years ago to address this problem. Since the political system remains hampered by the same adversarialism as the judicial system, there was no political will to fix this less visible problem legislatively. Need-response seeks to fix this problem with market incentives. We help "innocence offenders " to no longer violate the rights of the wrongly convicted innocent "Could I be an innocence offender ?" Yes, if you treat the wrongly convicted innocent as if guilty. And most of the wrongly convicted innocent are not exonerated. Exploiting our patience We cannot and must not wait indefinitely for the adversarialist elite-led institution of the judiciary to admit its own offenses against the innocent. Our legalistic institutions are not properly incentivized to admit or correct its continuing violence against the innocent. Asserting our innocence Public exoneration goes directly to the public with its more scientifically disciplined approach. All consumer reporting agencies relying falsely upon oversimplified court records face public scrutiny. We incentivize them to adopt the new best practice of including context for a questioned conviction , instead of complicitly replicating the courts’ “innocence offending ” with passive disregard. Publicizing our intent This includes, but is not limited to, issuing a Notification of Intent to any offending background screening service, whether a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act or not. The new profession of need-response raises the standard from compliance to laws to the measurable responsive to the needs that laws exist to serve . Spreading our love If mere compliance replicates the injustice of offending the wrongly convicted innocent, then a legalistic approach is not enough. We vouch for the improved legitimacy of any of these entities when they demonstrably shift from such toxic legalism to engaging the needs themselves. We incentivize our untapped potential for honoring the needs of others as our own, for love . Joining our movement If you are a background screening service, let this Notice of Intent invite you to enter this better way to serve your clients. Join us in turning innocence offending into innocence support, as illustrated in these two examples. Sample NOIs to consumer reporting agencies warning against perpetuating this injustice employment screening sample tenant screening sample Notice of Intent warning of discriminating against the innocent To: Background Check Services, Inc. From: William Best support team You are in your legal right to deny William Best employment because of a past felony conviction. We are in our right to spread the word that William Best not only maintains his innocence of all charges, but demonstrates actual innocence on many grounds. William Best was found to be likely innocence with 87% certainty, when comparing his case to those already exonerated. William Best was misidentified in a lineup that failed to apply best practices; and the same exact crime (excused as a copycat) occurred again three days later. William Best has no other felony conviction record, and has remained trouble free throughout the 13 years since released from prison. William Best consistently maintained his full innocence throughout prison, costing him parole four times. After being released from prison, William Best finished his bachelors degree in engineering, and seeks to earn a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. Need-response, the new professional service addressing needs underserved by adversarial laws, invites you to go beyond legal minimums. Need-response offers the best practice to replace sole reliance upon the court record with a more nuanced approach respecting the overlooked rights of the innocent. Instead of denying him employment, you can report "he stands out as likely innocent and may be worth the risk of the employer to offer him a job." The adversarial legal process tends to be slow to identify and correct wrongful such convictions. If not critical of the court record, and ignoring this recommendation, you risk complicity in violating the neglected rights of the innocent. Join need-response and William Best's support team in giving him a chance to further prove his innocence. Apply the new best practice of adding context to this conviction record. Grant the employer more discretion with better information. Join us in correcting this illicit discrimination from the adversarial legal process. No one is perfect, least of all the judicial system. Accept our recommendations and help us fulfill the purpose of law: to fairly resolve needs with dignity. Thank you. Notice of Intent warning of discriminating against the innocent To: Tenant Filter Services From: Maria Sanchez support team You are in your legal right to deny Maria Sanchez a lease because of a past felony conviction. We are in our right to spread the word that Maria Sanchez not only maintains her innocence of all charges, but demonstrates actual innocence on many grounds. Maria Sanchez was found to be likely innocence with 84% certainty, when comparing her case to those already exonerated. Maria Sanchez had an alibi, and was only implicated by forensic evidence that was later to be discredited as pseudoscience. Maria Sanchez has only one misdemeanor, from when she was a teen, and has remained trouble free throughout the 8 years since released from custody. Maria Sanchez consistently maintained her full innocence throughout prison, costing her parole six times. After being released from prison, Maria Sanchez finished her bookkeeping training, and volunteers her accounting skills for a couple nonprofits. Need-response, the new professional service addressing needs underserved by adversarial laws, invites you to go beyond legal minimums. Need-response offers the best practice to replace sole reliance upon the court record with a more nuanced approach respecting the overlooked rights of the innocent. Instead of denying her housing, you can report "she stands out as likely innocent and may be worth the risk of leasing her the apartment." The adversarial legal process tends to be slow to identify and correct wrongful such convictions. If not critical of the court record, and ignoring this recommendation, you risk complicity in violating the neglected rights of the innocent. Join need-response and Maria Sanchez's support team in giving her a chance to demonstrate her innocence. Apply the new best practice of adding context to this conviction record. Grant the leaser more discretion with better information. Join us in correcting this illicit discrimination from the adversarial legal process. No one is perfect, least of all the judicial system. Accept our recommendations and help us fulfill the purpose of law: to fairly resolve needs with dignity. Thank you. Your helpful input If you find any broken or misdirected links, please let us know. If you know of a background screening company we missed, please let us know. Thank you.

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