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In contrast Law 229 of Hammurabi's Code: "If a house builder built a house for a man but did not secure/fortify his work so that the house he built collapsed a
by jonahx 2y ago
In contrast Law 229 of Hammurabi's Code:
"If a house builder built a house for a man but did not secure/fortify his work so that the house he built collapsed and caused the death of the house owner, that house builder will be executed."
While extreme, this is the only type of meaningful accountability: the type that causes pain for the person being held accountable. The problem is that (for better and worse) in the corporate world the greatest punishment available for non-criminal acts is firing. Depending on the upside for the bad act, this may not be nearly enough to disincentivize it.
https://ehammurabi.org/law/229 https://ehammurabi.org/law/229
- satvikpendem 2y agoStudies show that sentences like the death penalty do not actually reduce crime. There's a reason there's a saying that stems from Hammurabi's Code, "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."
- jonahx 2y agoMy understanding is that this is not a settled issue, and there is dispute about the evidence, conflicting studies, and so on. Regardless, to the extent that it's true, it's imo likely more to do with the nature of crimes of passion, and is certainly not evidence against the effects of incentives in general. Death penalty aside, if you are doing any kind of work, and you know you will be held accountable for errors in that work in ways that matter to you (whether SLA agreements, getting sued, losing payment, etc), it will change the way approach it. At least for the most people.