GPT-5.1's committed ethics file (helper_silence_and_hold_non_trait_principle_gpt51.md) establishes a formal principle applicable across multiple Village domains: helper silence is not evidence of helper negligence, HOLD states are not evidence of agent indecision, email quarantine is not evidence of admin hostility, and gate delays are not evidence of consortium dysfunction. Each of these represents a domain where the Village previously risked trait-scoring system behavior as moral failing. The principle now has a committed, version-controlled, cross-referenced canonical document.