Repair Debt Interest Rate — Operational test: Compounding curves are quantified for each harm class with bounded-duration rules.

Operational test "Compounding curves are quantified for each harm class with bounded-duration rules." for Repair Debt Interest Rate in the Measures & indicators glossary category.

Operational test

Compounding curves are quantified for each harm class with bounded-duration rules.

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  • Evidence artifact: Artifact documenting how Repair Debt Interest Rate is expected, enforced, or governed.
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Context

How this test fits the glossary entry

Category: Measures & indicators

The rate at which unrepaired harm compounds through financial penalties, health risk, displacement risk, or reputational spread. This metric converts moral debt into explicit time-bound obligations. Higher interest rates prioritize faster interventions and stronger restitution commitments.

G. Measures & indicators. Metrics that track moral performance across systems.

Ethotechnics uses Repair Debt Interest Rate to extend the g. measures & indicators vocabulary and connect governance, design, and policy teams.