Ethics (Scientology) - Statistics

Statistics

In order to make these ethical decisions that affect others around them, Scientologists are expected to use statistical measurement to assess the "measurement of survival potential". Their official website states "with an understanding of how to compile, graph and compare statistics, the Scientologist is amply equipped to determine exactly what condition an activity is in, and thus exactly what steps he must take in order to better that condition."

Hubbard stated that all Scientology organizations need to keep their statistics of production up, and that Ethics action must be brought against the staff member responsible for the particular statistic should it be continually down.

"Example: a typist gets out 500 letters in one week. That's a statistic. If the next week the typist gets out 600 letters that's an UP statistic. If the typist gets out 300 letters that's a DOWN statistic.... the purpose is to keep production (statistics) up." - L. Ron Hubbard, HCOPL 1 Sep 1965

According to The Scientology Handbook, the Scientology method of statistics can, and should, be applied to individuals, groups, organizations, and any production activities inside and outside Scientology. Hubbard prescribes a very specific method of plotting statistics on graphs, and then for analysis of these graphs in terms of five levels of "Ethics Conditions". The main categories for these conditions are:

• Non-existence condition: line on graph steeply or vertically down.
• Danger condition: line on graph diagonally down.
• Emergency condition: line on graph remains level, or slightly down.
• Normal condition: line on graph slightly up.
• Affluence condition: line on graph steeply up.

According to the Scientology Handbook, however, the complete set of conditions is as follows (ranged from highest to lowest):

• Power Change
• Power
• Affluence
• Normal Operation
• Emergency
• Danger
• Non-Existence
• Liability
• Doubt
• Enemy
• Treason
• Confusion