A greater measure of trust can be established internally by means of selective processes for the choice of members within the framework of the selection criteria. On the other hand, on this basis a sharp distrust of a quite specific kind can be elevated to the level of formal duty, for the purposes of supervision, for example.

XREF: Connects to organizational theory on trust and control mechanisms — how hiring criteria serve dual functions of building trust and institutionalizing suspicion.

Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, loc. 317