Book contents
- Decisions for Sustainability
- Reviews
- Decisions for Sustainability
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Sustainability and Decisions
- 2 Sustainability Evolving
- 3 How We Make Decisions
- 4 Facts and Values
- 5 What Is a Good Decision?
- 6 Decisions and Conflicts
- 7 Reform or Transformation?
- 8 Influencing Decisions
- 9 Influencing the Conversation
- Notes
- References
- Index
8 - Influencing Decisions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2023
- Decisions for Sustainability
- Reviews
- Decisions for Sustainability
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Sustainability and Decisions
- 2 Sustainability Evolving
- 3 How We Make Decisions
- 4 Facts and Values
- 5 What Is a Good Decision?
- 6 Decisions and Conflicts
- 7 Reform or Transformation?
- 8 Influencing Decisions
- 9 Influencing the Conversation
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
Multiple strategies can be used to influence individual decisions. A common assumption is that a lack of information, an information deficit, leads to poor decisions. While that is sometimes true, since decisions are shaped by both facts and values, providing information is often insufficient to change decision-making. The rational actor model suggests that changing incentives, and in particular changing prices, will shift decisions. Incentives matter, but they are only one factor in decisions and shifting incentives can be inequitable. Values are difficult to change but have broad and long-lasting influence on decisions. Norms are relatively easy to change and can have substantial influence. Design principles, generalizations from research on decision-making, can help shape effective efforts to influence decisions. Policies and programs should be designed with the consent of and in collaboration with those who may be impacted by the decision.
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- Decisions for SustainabilityFacts and Values, pp. 133 - 145Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023