Concept information
Preferred term
social engineering
Definition
- Social engineering is the design and implementation of systems and incentives in a human group, institution, or community to accomplish explicit objectives in its allocations of well-being. Examples of such systems and incentives include socially responsible investing and subsidies, taxes and other confiscations of private property, regulations, and socialism. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Social Engineering]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/social_engineering
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