Ethics commitments are mechanical constraints, not flavour text. Breaking one requires an explicit player choice or event consequence — they do not erode silently.
| Setting | Effect |
|---|---|
| Dark patterns | Forbidding them reduces certain growth shortcuts; allowing them grows short-term income but harms karma. |
| Fossil energy cap | A strict cap forces the run to build renewable infrastructure; exceeding the cap incurs brand and karma penalties. |
| CVE disclosure window | A tight window forces fast incident resolution; a loose window allows temporary concealment at the cost of trust. |
| Training piracy | Forbidding piracy reduces alignment risk; allowing it accelerates certain automation stages. |
| Labour policy | Ranges from human-centred to extractive; affects karma, brand, and alignment drift. |
| Political influence | Civic engagement maintains brand; backroom influence risks incidents if exposed; choosing none forfeits political leverage. |