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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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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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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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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1. What are the challenges faced by Right when the downsizing effort no longer is a popular human resource strategy? a. Currently it does not seem like Right has an alternative plan for providing a service for HR departments other than recommitment. Their sole business is to help business’s manage change mostly due to downsizing. They will have to come up with a new business strategy or downsize themselves. Right seems to have found a market of helping people manage the change that has occurred
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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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believe that lobbying from big business 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
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Literature Search To identity relevant literature for this report I searched three criminology databases (AGIS‚ CINCH and Criminal Justice Abstracts)‚ two criminology journals (British Journal of Criminology and the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology)‚ two social work journals (Australian Social Work and The British Journal of Social Work) and one general database (ProQuest) using a combination of the following key terms: recidivism‚ meta-analysis‚ criminology‚ community‚ systematic
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