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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. Human values
  3. Distortion

Distortion

  • Distortions
  • Distorted
  • Distortionary

Broader

Truth-Error
Presentable
Perfection-Imperfection
Presentable
Interpretability-Misinterpretability
Presentable
Communicativeness-Uncommunicativeness
Presentable
Symmetry-Distortion
Unpresentable
Representation-Misrepresentation
Unpresentable

Problem

Short-term profit maximization
Excellent
Preferential trade arrangements
Excellent
International aid paternalism
Excellent
Excessive customs and trade formalities
Excellent
Distortionary tax systems
Excellent
Distortion in international trade
Excellent
Distorted exclusiveness of social groups
Excellent
Discrimination against women by the sciences
Excellent
Restrictive business practices
Presentable
Ineffective university faculty members
Presentable
Fabricated quotations
Presentable
Distortion of national economies from food subsidies
Presentable
Distortion of international trade through obstacles to patent protection
Presentable
Distortion of international trade by selective indirect taxes and import charges
Presentable
Distortion of international trade by restrictive customs valuation practices
Presentable
Distortion of international trade by minimum pricing regulations and other measures to regulate domestic prices
Presentable
Distortion of international trade by embargoes
Presentable
Distortion of international trade by dumping
Presentable
Distortion of international trade by discriminatory requirements with respect to product standards and measures
Presentable
Distortion of international trade by discriminatory requirements with respect to marks of product origin
Presentable
Distortion of international trade by discriminatory government and private procurement policies
Presentable
Distortion of international trade by discriminatory formulation of health and sanitary regulations for agricultural and pharmaceutical products
Presentable
Distortion of international trade by discriminatory application of antidumping regulations
Presentable
Distorted media presentations
Presentable
Deliberate lying by corporation officials
Presentable
Deception by government
Presentable
Corporation financial secrecy
Presentable
Competitive distortion of musical pitch
Presentable
Biased recall
Presentable
Global tension due to oil and petroleum crises
Unpresentable
Unfair competition
Unpresentable
Prohibitive death duties
Unpresentable
Misrepresentation
Unpresentable
Manipulation of UN by vested interests
Unpresentable
Distortion of international trade by state-trading and government monopoly practices
Unpresentable
Distortion of international trade by restrictive controls on movement of labour
Unpresentable
Distortion of international trade by discriminatory formulation of equipment safety regulations
Unpresentable
Distortion of international trade as a result of government participation
Unpresentable
Distortion of democratic procedures within international organizations
Unpresentable
Distortion
Unpresentable
Discriminatory exchange rate policies
Unpresentable
Creative accounting
Unpresentable
Uncommunicativeness
Yet to rate
Recipient distortion of foreign aid
Yet to rate
Misrepresentation of geographical information
Yet to rate
Inherent patriarchal distortion of planning
Yet to rate
False evidence
Yet to rate
Distortion of truth by evolution of language
Yet to rate
Distortion of life in society
Yet to rate
Distortion of justice in practice
Yet to rate
Distortion of international trade by export subsidies and countervailing duties
Yet to rate
Distortion of indicators of achievement
Yet to rate
Distortion in intergovernmental organizations by mini-state membership
Yet to rate

Strategy

Improving pricing efficiency
Presentable
Identifying resource pricing distortions arising from environmental programmes
Yet to rate
Distorting musical pitch
Yet to rate
Clarifying musical pitch
Yet to rate

Metadata

Database
Human values
Type
(D) Destructive values
Subject
  • Societal problems » Distortion
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D1805
    DOCID
    11418050
    D7NID
    191115
    Last update
    Dec 2, 2024