Joan Robinson Econ 490 fall 2019

Before evaluating the consequences of punishment in work setting, I think it is important to know what the purpose of that punishment is. Is it to get the work done more productively? Then, yes, often some discipline does allow a more productive result. However, if the purpose was to get the relationship straightened up, I believe is a very ineffective and not necessarily meets the goal of the punishment. Personally, I believe mutual respect, or some minor discipline, is more effective in getting the relationship function productively. Punishment and harsh discipline discourage at least to me and demotivate me to alter my attitude. What I consider a harsh discipline is embarrassing, devaluing, and ignoring. Shaming the particular employee/member of wrongdoing in front of the group often is the worst way of disciplining and getting the words delivered. It is a form of attack and attacks stimulates revenge, not repent. Devaluing the particular person’s work also has n...

            If first would like to mention that I liked what we are doing for this particular blog posts. I found all three articles very intriguing and all of them allowed me to think more about the situations and experiments. For that being said, I have a lot to share regarding opportunism and fairness.              There are certainly some examples I can pull out from my past team project experiences where gift exchange was evident. When I was in high school, I attended international “program” of a local private school, where all the classes were held in English for those who want to study abroad. Because the school was not an international “school”, there were many local students who were exposed to English curriculum less (From what I know, international schools are strictly for international students, or students with a foreign passport and I was a fo...