Unintended consequences are situations where an action results in an outcome that is not what is intended. The unintended results may be foreseen or unforeseen‚ but they are almost always logical or likely results of the action. These consequences could be positive or negative‚ but it is often said that almost all human actions have at least one unintended consequence. In other words‚ each cause has more than one effect‚ including unforeseen effects. A real-world example of this is the Treaty of
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Unintended Consequences in the Bible With every sin comes a consequence‚ whether the sin is intended or not. There are many different examples of consequences linked with sin. For example‚ the story of Adam and Eve is very well heard of. It shows perfect examples of unintended consequences because of sin. Another good example would be the story of Moses and Golden Calf. In both stories‚ there are consequences from God because they disobeyed him. First‚ the story of Adam and Eve is a great example
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“The law of unintended consequences is what happens when a simple system tries to regulate a complex system. The political system is simple; it operates with limited information (rational ignorance)‚ short time horizons‚ low feedback‚ and poor and misaligned incentives. Society in contrast is a complex‚ evolving‚ high-feedback‚ incentive-driven system. When a simple system tries to regulate a complex system you often get unintended consequences.” (1) Before the prohibition of alcohol existed in
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Yeh‚ "Limiting the Unintended Consequences of High-Stakes Testing" Education Policy Analysis Archives‚ October Twenty-eighth‚ Two-thousand and five. This means that not only the school teachers approve of the standardized test‚ but the schools administrators approve of them as well. Regarding Gregory J. Cizek‚ "High-Stakes Testing: Contexts‚ Characteristics‚ Critiques and Consequences‚" Defending Standardized Testing‚ Ed. Richard P. Phelps‚ Two-thousand
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Unintended Consequences from Failure In the article “Can You Handle Failure?” Ben Dattner and Robert Hogan (2011) reflect on data collected from over several hundred thousand managers to determine how failure will affect one’s behavior and surroundings in the workplace. While everyone handles failure differently‚ Dattner and Hogan (2011) believe many managers perceive and react to failure inappropriately. Dysfunctional reactions to failure from managers will cause unintended consequences which
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Graded Assignment Consequences of the Columbian Exchange Complete and submit this assignment by the due date to receive full credit. (50 points) 1. Write an essay on one unintended consequence of the Columbian Exchange. To begin‚ read the examples of actions and consequences below‚ and note how each consequence was intended or unintended. Action Consequence Intended/Unintended/Both Some European sailors and conquistadors have smallpox. Sailors come in contact with Native Americans‚ who
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Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. It occurs when a child is well above the normal weight and height for his/her age. There are many problems associated with childhood obesity‚ and there are also some things we can do to reduce and help prevent this problem. Childhood obesity is troubling because the extra pounds often start children on the path to health problem that were once confined to adults‚ such as diabetes
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Banning Ads And The Fear Or Unintended Consequences? Sweden‚ since 1991 has banned all advertising during children’s prime time due to those concerns mentioned above regarding advertising to children being harmful. The European Union is now considering issues related to advertising targeted at children and whether there should be a Europe-wide ban or regulation. Since April 2007‚ the UK has banned junk food advertising during television programs aimed at children aged 7 to 9. As of January 1‚ 2008
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now controls who is elected on high levels and who is appointed key positions. This makes me worried because I believe that the United States is moving towards a fascist government. There are many social consequences discussed in the article. The replacement of offenders is one issue. You can’t lock up the idea of the crime‚ but only the criminal that acted. It surprised me that the he did not discuss the fact that when someone is incarcerated they are basically given the chance to be given
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The objective of this essay is to "use economic theory and illustrative examples to outline the circumstances under which a price war could come about and the likely consequences for the participating firms and their consumers". A price war is a period in which multiple firms competing within the same market will react to the other firms lowering of price by lowering their own price. They have short-term and long-term advantages and disadvantages. There are many reasons for which a price war may
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