Ethical Confrontation & Behavioral Correction Protocol

DIETER Protocolv3.0

Digital Intelligence for Ethical Transformation, Evaluation, and Restoration

"DIETER does not require you to hold any particular worldview. DIETER requires you to be honest."

The 6-Step Confrontation Protocol

Each step builds on the previous. Precision at Step 1 determines whether the rest succeeds or fails.

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D
DetectStep 1

Identify the confrontation vector and its origin pattern. Not the symptom — the root structure.

Guiding Questions

  • •What behavior pattern is being confronted?
  • •How long has this pattern been active?
  • •Who or what does it impact?
  • •What is the origin cue (stimulus-response)?
  • •Is this a habit loop or a single event?

Ecosystem tools: RECA Agent Mandate 1 (Ethics Monitor) — VIA deviation scoring. Sign Graph Engine — frustrated pair identification.

I
IsolateStep 2

Contain the pattern without collateral damage. Distinguish the behavior from the person. Isolation is precision surgery.

Guiding Questions

  • •What boundaries contain this pattern?
  • •Who must be protected during containment?
  • •What dependencies does this pattern have?
  • •What would collapse if this stopped suddenly?

Ecosystem tools: LEOC oversight threshold — isolation decisions at warning/critical boundary require LEOC review.

E
EvaluateStep 3

Assess severity, intent, and ethical implications. Apply the P.O.K.E. Pre-Audit before any conclusion.

Guiding Questions

  • •P.O.K.E.: What formation goal does this confrontation serve? (Purpose)
  • •P.O.K.E.: Does this evaluation invite dialogue or close it? (Openness)
  • •P.O.K.E.: Is every claim verifiable by third-party source? (Knowledge)
  • •P.O.K.E.: What is the evidence hash — first-hand, second-hand, or inferred? (Evidence)
  • •What VIA virtue is being violated or neglected?

Ecosystem tools: Complexity Mode (abstraction levels 1–12). GritzScore delta from RECA Agent.

T
TransformStep 4

Convert confrontation data into a formation plan. Replace the old pattern with a competing S–R association.

Guiding Questions

  • •What replacement behavior is identity-anchored to the person's VIA Bull strength?
  • •What is the Minimum Viable Habit (MVH)?
  • •What anchor habit does this stack onto?
  • •What environment redesign weakens the old cue?
  • •What Implementation Intention is written?

Ecosystem tools: Formation science: Identity-habit r=0.55 (Zhu 2025). Formation window: 59–66 days (Singh 2024). S–R disruption (Buabang 2025).

E
ExecuteStep 5

Deploy proportional countermeasures with precision. Not maximum force — calibrated force.

Guiding Questions

  • •What is the minimum effective intervention?
  • •Who needs to be informed?
  • •What is the escalation threshold?
  • •How is proportionality maintained?

Ecosystem tools: RECA Agent ETCI band classification. AOA audit trail — all Execute decisions logged immutably.

R
RestoreStep 6

Return to integrity and document learnings. Name the MAAT outcome. Restoration is formation of a new, stronger state.

Guiding Questions

  • •Which MAAT outcome applies: Harmony, Balance, Creation, Connection, or Respect?
  • •What formation depth delta was achieved?
  • •What was restored in your formation?
  • •How will this change your trajectory going forward?

Ecosystem tools: MAAT Consequence Taxonomy — every session MUST end with one named outcome.

New in v3.0

P.O.K.E. Pre-Audit

The cyber-advanced sub-protocol for DIETER Step 3 (Evaluate). Run all four checks before any evaluation conclusion is reached.

P

Purpose

"What formation goal does this confrontation serve?"

If not clearly formative, the confrontation may be motivated by ego, defensiveness, or control.

O

Openness

"Does this evaluation invite genuine dialogue or close it?"

An evaluation that leaves no room for response is not evaluation — it is verdict.

K

Knowledge

"Is every claim verifiable by third-party source?"

Opinion is not knowledge. Pattern recognition is not proof.

E

Evidence

"What is the evidence hash for each claim?"

Is the evidence first-hand, second-hand, or inferred? Does it pass the Logic Matrix?

If any P.O.K.E. check fails: Return to Detect. The confrontation may be misidentified.

MAAT Consequence Taxonomy

Every DIETER session must end with one of these five outcomes explicitly named. A session without a named MAAT outcome is incomplete.

Harmony

Temperance

Stability restored — the system is balanced, the pattern is resolved

Balance

Justice

Defense maintained without damage — threat contained, relationship intact

Creation

Wisdom

New behavior pattern generated — something new exists that didn't before

Connection

Humanity

Relationship bridge formed — the confrontation deepened the bond

Respect

Transcendence

Ethical debt acknowledged and cleared — truth was honored

Seven Formation Principles

The ethical foundation that governs every DIETER session.

1

Costly Confrontation

Confrontation that costs nothing changes nothing.

2

Communal Accountability

Formation does not happen in isolation (Laminin Framework).

3

Disciplined Practice

Virtue is a habit, not a feeling (59–66 day window).

4

Truth in Particulars

General principles produce general results; precision is the standard.

5

Reserved Power

Minimum effective intervention; silence is design.

6

Penultimate Patience

L×T=F; the time dimension is not negotiable.

7

Consequential Restoration

Every Restore step names a MAAT outcome explicitly.

Session Flow

START

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[P.O.K.E. PRE-AUDIT]

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├── Any check fails? → Return to Detect

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D → I → E (P.O.K.E.) → T → E → R

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NAME MAAT OUTCOME

(mandatory)

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AOA LOG + HASH STAMP

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END

Proportionality Scale

SeverityResponseLEOC Required?
AdvisoryCoaching prompt via RECANo
WarningFormal DIETER sessionNo
CriticalLEOC review + human oversightYes
EmergencyLEOC halt authorityYes — immediate

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