"Rule Beating" is a term used to describe behaviors in which agents subject to a rule find ways to comply with the letter of the rule, regardless of the _intent_ or "spirit" of the rule. Examples: - Spending budgets frivolously at the end of the year so you can claim having achieved accuracy in your forecast. ([[Gaming KPIs]]) - Protections of land on which endangered species natively lived, leading to some folks, having discovered the endangered species on their land choosing to _kill the endangered animal_ rather than have their land be subject to the protections. Rule beating may be done out of spite, or could possibly just be done out of apathy. Either way, it's a sign of an ineffective policy and probably contributing to some form of [[Waste]]. Rule beating behavior is a signal that the rules are _not ideal_ in some form (be them overly restrictive, vague, outdated, or bad [[Proxy Measures]]). **** # More ## Source - [[Thinking in Systems]] ## Related - [[Gaming KPIs]]