A complete, public, and quarterly-revised schedule of conduct events — what credits, what debits, in what amount, and under what witness.
The glornyftin is the only major currency in continuous circulation backed at parity to a non-monetary asset. That asset is adjudicated conduct — a single, witnessed, arbiter-signed instance of a person behaving better than they had to.
Each conduct event is preserved in the Bureau's vault under a unique reference (the "BE-ref") and corresponds, irrevocably, to one glornyftin in circulation. The currency itself is fungible: ₲ 1 trades for ₲ 1 anywhere it trades at all. The backing is not.
The fundamental unit of the Standard is the micro-merit (μM), where 1,000 μM = 1 ₲. Conduct is graded against eleven dimensions, each weighted by the Behavioural Engine and recalibrated nightly at 04:00 Zürich time.
| Dimension | Description | Q-weight |
|---|---|---|
| Punctuality | Arrival aligned with stated time; departure aligned with stated time | 0.92 |
| Restraint | The act, gesture, or remark withheld in spite of provocation | 1.28 |
| Magnanimity | The favor extended absent expectation of return | 1.14 |
| Acknowledgement | The witnessing of service by name where name has been given | 0.88 |
| Discretion | The information held when speaking would have flattered | 1.30 |
| Yielding | The right-of-way ceded without performative gesture | 0.96 |
| Composure | The maintained countenance under genuine inconvenience | 1.04 |
| Volume | The voice modulated to the room | 0.78 |
| Correspondence | The reply offered within reasonable hour | 0.62 |
| Tipping | The standard met, exceeded, never short, never showy | 0.84 |
| Refinement | The undertaking executed without complaint of itself | 1.18 |
Q-weights are published in the Quarterly Calibration Notice. Holders of Auric tier and above may petition for adjustment; arbiters seldom grant it.
The complete schedule comprises 12,407 enumerated acts and is published in full to Auric-tier holders. Below is a representative excerpt.
| Dim. | Conduct | Award |
|---|---|---|
| REST | Did not interrupt, though one knew the answer | + 112 μM |
| MAGN | Returned wallet found in cab, all contents accounted | + 880 μM |
| ACKN | Sent thank-you note by post within the seventh day | + 96 μM |
| DISC | Permitted another to claim credit one had earned | + 240 μM |
| YIEL | Held lift, unbidden, for an arriving party | + 24 μM |
| COMP | Maintained countenance during flight delay of six (6) hours | + 180 μM |
| REFI | Wrote in cursive on a card meant to be opened | + 22 μM |
| TIPP | Tipped the standard plus two, in cash, no comment | + 36 μM |
| Dim. | Conduct | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| VOLU | Conducted call on speakerphone in coffee establishment | − 240 μM |
| REFI | Microwaved fish in shared kitchen | − 600 μM |
| REST | Reclined seat fully on flight of less than two (2) hours | − 180 μM |
| COMP | Visible glance at wrist device during conversation | − 64 μM |
| YIEL | Stood on left of escalator without urgency | − 36 μM |
| CORR | Acknowledged correspondence with thumb emoji only | − 88 μM |
| ACKN | Asked "is this gluten-free?" rhetorically, with sigh | − 96 μM |
| DISC | Posted publicly about a meal one was invited to in private | − 420 μM |
| PUNC | Forwarded calendar invitation past the second confirmation | − 56 μM |
| REFI | Typed "lol" in genuine sentiment | − 12 μM |
Witnessing conduct at scale was the founding problem of the Bureau. From MCMXCVII until MMVII, the work was carried out by a panel of human auditors, the so-called Comportment Observers, whose membership cards remain on display at the Geneva office. The work was honourable. It was also slow.
The Behavioural Engine, installed in MMVIII and continuously expanded since, is the Bureau's operational instrument for accepting conduct events, presenting them to the five Arbiters, and applying the Quarterly Calibration. It is not the Bureau. The Bureau remains the issuer; the Engine remains the instrument; the Arbiters remain the authority.
The Engine is permitted no opinion on any individual conduct event. Its function is to present. It may not approve, reject, weigh, or favour. It is observed at all times by the Office of the Censor.
Conduct events processed at steady-state.
Median time from observation to arbiter review.
Total arbiter recusals since founding.
