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Certainly the criminal,
the unethical, the saboteur, and the terrorist can be a significant
drain on the resources of an organization or society. Likely in some
cases they can cause failure. I suspect the frequency of failures is
rather small, but I do not know.
Individuals with ill
intent have 2 immediate effects in an organization. They are a drain on
resources to detect and prevent their negative actions. There are often
secondary negative effects because of the action taken to prevent their
activities. We can see an example of a secondary effect with electronic
keying systems for cars. These keys reduce theft, but increase the
difficulty of getting into and using your car if you lose the key or
lock it in the car. We can see another example in the tremendous
expense for homeland security following the destruction of the New York
Trade Center on 9/11/01. It is possible that some of it might otherwise
have been spent on the levy systems in New Orleans. It is very easy to
think of many more examples.
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