The Nine Core Principles

Item from Severance by Dan Erickson

Vision, Verve, Wit, Cheer, Humility, Benevolence, Nimbleness, Probity, and Wiles — Kier Eagan's commandments, recited daily, enforced through the Break Room.

Also known as: Kier's Principles, The Principles

What They Know

• Nine principles attributed to Kier Eagan: Vision, Verve, Wit, Cheer, Humility, Benevolence, Nimbleness, Probity, and Wiles
• Enforced through Break Room punishment sessions — employees repeat apologies framed around the principles until deemed sincere
• 'Wiles' (cunning) is explicitly listed as a core value — the company openly values deception as a principle
• The only ethical framework innies have access to — replacing personal morality with institutional doctrine

Connections

• created_by — kier_eagan
• enforced_in — break_room

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