James Harvey S, Segovia Michelle S
Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 USA.
J Agric Environ Ethics. 2020;33(3-6):531-548. doi: 10.1007/s10806-020-09837-w. Epub 2020 Nov 16.
Cognitive biases play an important role in creating and perpetuating problems that lead to foodborne illness outbreaks. By using insights from behavioral ethics, we argue that sometimes people engage in unethical behavior that increases the likelihood of foodborne illness outbreaks without necessarily intending to or being consciously aware of it. We demonstrate these insights in an analysis of the 2011 Listeriosis outbreak in the U.S. from the consumption of contaminated cantaloupes. We then provide policy implications that can improve our understanding of other kinds of disease outbreaks and epidemics.
认知偏差在引发和延续导致食源性疾病暴发的问题中起着重要作用。通过运用行为伦理学的见解，我们认为，有时人们会做出不道德行为，增加食源性疾病暴发的可能性，而不一定有意为之或有意识地意识到这一点。我们在对2011年美国因食用受污染的哈密瓜引发的李斯特菌病暴发进行分析时证明了这些见解。然后，我们提出了一些政策建议，这些建议有助于增进我们对其他各类疾病暴发和流行的理解。
