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What we punish and why

We punish wrongdoing, but do we do so consistently? Exactly what we punish and why is not so straightforward

Koen Smets
6 min readFeb 10

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When British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took office late in 2022, he pledged, “ This government will have integrity, professionalism, and accountability at every level”. Not really an extraordinary expectation of the country’s leaders, but at…

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Koen Smets

Accidental behavioural economist in search of wisdom. Uses insights from (behavioural) economics in organization development. On Twitter as @koenfucius