Concept information
Terme préférentiel
law of unintended consequences
Définition
- It is a truism that human actions have unintended consequences. The sociologist Robert K. Merton, who authored a classic statement of the phenomenon in 1936, noted that the subject has been treated by virtually every substantial contributor to the long history of social thought. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Unintended Consequences, Law of]
Concept générique
Appartient au groupe
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-G9C800BQ-F
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