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  2. Consensus decision-making - Wikipedia

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    Japanese companies normally use consensus decision-making, meaning that unanimous support on the board of directors is sought for any decision. A ringi-sho is a circulation document used to obtain agreement. It must first be signed by the lowest level manager, and then upwards, and may need to be revised and the process started over.

  3. Argumentum ad populum - Wikipedia

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    Argumentum ad populum is a type of informal fallacy, [1] [14] specifically a fallacy of relevance, [15] [16] and is similar to an argument from authority ( argumentum ad verecundiam ). [14] [4] [9] It uses an appeal to the beliefs, tastes, or values of a group of people, [12] stating that because a certain opinion or attitude is held by a ...

  4. Consensus democracy - Wikipedia

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    Consensus democracy is the application of consensus decision-making and supermajority to the process of legislation in a democracy.It is characterized by a decision-making structure that involves and takes into account as broad a range of opinions as possible, as opposed to majoritarian democracy systems where minority opinions can potentially be ignored by vote-winning majorities.

  5. Wikipedia:What is consensus? - Wikipedia

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    Consensus is a group discussion where everyone's opinions are heard and understood, and a solution is created that respects those opinions. Consensus is not what everyone agrees to, nor is it the preference of the majority. Consensus results in the best solution that the group can achieve at the time. Remember, the root of " consensus " is ...

  6. Scientific consensus - Wikipedia

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    Scientific consensus is the generally held judgment, position, and opinion of the majority or the supermajority of scientists in a particular field of study at any particular time. [1] [2] Consensus is achieved through scholarly communication at conferences , the publication process, replication of reproducible results by others, scholarly ...

  7. Consensus (computer science) - Wikipedia

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    Consensus (computer science) A fundamental problem in distributed computing and multi-agent systems is to achieve overall system reliability in the presence of a number of faulty processes. This often requires coordinating processes to reach consensus, or agree on some data value that is needed during computation.

  8. Consensus - Wikipedia

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    Consensus-based assessment, the use of consensus to produce methods of evaluating information. Religion. Ijma', consensus or agreement of Muslim scholars/jurists, basically on religious issues. Philosophy. Consensus reality, reality as defined by consensus, particularly popular consensus, rather than or before other (philosophical) criteria.

  9. Public opinion - Wikipedia

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    Public opinion. Public opinion, or popular opinion, is the collective opinion on a specific topic or voting intention relevant to society. It is the people's views on matters affecting them. The term originates from France, and first appeared in the 17th century, though writers had identified the importance of the opinion of the people long ...