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The sustainable amount of emotional labor a system asks of people—care teams, moderators, frontline staff, or users.
Definition
The sustainable amount of emotional labor a system asks of people—care teams, moderators, frontline staff, or users. When compassion bandwidth is exceeded, dread work grows and extraction by endurance sets in.
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APA
Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. (2026). Compassion Bandwidth. Ethotechnics glossary. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/compassion-bandwidth
MLA
Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Compassion Bandwidth." Ethotechnics glossary, 2026, https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/compassion-bandwidth.
Chicago
Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Compassion Bandwidth." Ethotechnics glossary. Jan 9, 2026. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/compassion-bandwidth.
BibTeX
@misc{glossary_compassion-bandwidth,
title={Compassion Bandwidth},
author={Ethotechnics Institute Research Team},
year={2026},
howpublished={Ethotechnics glossary},
url={https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/compassion-bandwidth},
version={v1.1.0}
}
RIS
TY - WEB TI - Compassion Bandwidth AU - Ethotechnics Institute Research Team PY - 2026 UR - https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/compassion-bandwidth ER -