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The following table gives the precedence, which is to say the greater value or importance of orders or directions in Scientology. This table shows what order to follow first and if one below is contrary to one above, follow the upper one:

(Black ink on white paper, signed by all board members.)

(Green ink on white paper, signed by LRH.)

(HCO means Hubbard Communi­cations Office.)

(Red ink on white paper, signed by LRH.)

(LRH)

(White paper, blue ink, signed personally by the Executive Dir­ector LRH.)

(White paper, blue ink, signed by the Guardian, MSH for LRH.)

(Blue paper, blue ink, signed by the Advisory Council for LRH Exec Dir, approved by LRH Communicator as not against policy and by HCO for Personnel.)

(Blue paper, blue ink, signed by the HCO Exec Sec or Org Exec Sec for LRH Executive Director.)

(Colour of paper of the division, blue ink, signed by the Advisory Committee of the Division for LRH Executive Director, approved by the Advisory Council and the LRH Communicator and personnel orders also approved by HCO Personnel Control.)

(Signed by Director, approved by his divisional Secretary.)

(Signed by the departmental Officer or In Charge, approved by the Department's Director.)

No order lower on the scale may cancel or set aside an order above it on the scale. Any staff member accepting an illegal order who does not file a job endangerment chit when he or she received it has no defence in any resulting ethics hearing. In these organizations one must not permit himself to be led astray by a senior with "private knowledge".

Anyone using policy to prevent statistics rising is liable to an Ethics hearing or a Committee of Evidence. The response to a generalized statement "That's against policy" is "What is the Policy Letter that covers it?" And get it displayed.

It is possible to know where one stands only if one knows the seniority of orders. The hardest position to be in is one where one's senior has thrown the regulations away and is inventing his own — then none knows where he stands.

Any written or published order may be cancelled by a published order senior to it on the above chart except that, traditionally, Board Minutes cannot cancel Policy Ltrs or HCO Bs, these being originated or modified by the Executive Director whose powers only are ratified by the Board. HCO Policy Letters and HCO Bs (Hubbard Communica­tions Office Bulletins) are considered technology and know-how and are outside Admin channels.

The comparable order of a senior org cancels the order of or takes precedence over an org junior to it.

The seniority is:

World Wide

Continental

Zone

Sub-Zonal

Area

District Office

Field Staff Member

Centre

Franchise Holder

Field Auditor

Professional Member

Lifetime Member

International Member

Associate.

The Adcouncil WW can cancel or takes precedence over an Advisory Council Continental. An Advisory Council Continental takes precedence over that of an org junior to it. Advisory Councils are senior to Advisory Committees. An Adcouncil runs the whole org, an AdComm runs only one of its divisions.

Advisory Councils are advisory to the Board of Directors or the Executive Director or the Guardian and have no other powers. They cannot open or close bank accounts or change corporate status. They are appointed by a senior Adcouncil or the Exec Director or the Guardian. An Adcouncil consists of the two Executive Secretaries of an org and the Executive Director.

An Advisory Committee exists for each division in the org (7) and is advisory to the Adcouncil and is appointed by the Adcouncil of the org and consists of the Secretary of the division and the three directors (heads of departments) or in an Exec Division, the three Office Co-ordinators of the 3 Exec Div Offices who are the same as directors but have a different title.

The following table gives the seniority of executives: