Cognitive biases play an important role in creating and perpetuating problems that lead to foodborne illness outbreaks. By using insights from behavioral ethics, we argue that sometimes people engage in unethical behavior that increases the likelihood of foodborne illness outbreaks without necessarily intending to or being consciously aware of it. We demonstrate these insights in an analysis of the 2011 Listeriosis outbreak in the U.S. from the consumption of contaminated cantaloupes. We then provide policy implications that can improve our understanding of other kinds of disease outbreaks and epidemics.

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行为伦理和食源性疾病暴发的发生率

认知偏差在导致食源性疾病暴发的问题的产生和长期存在方面发挥着重要作用。通过使用行为伦理学的见解，我们认为有时人们会从事不道德的行为，这会增加食源性疾病爆发的可能性，而不必有意或有意识地意识到这一点。我们在对 2011 年美国李斯特菌病爆发的分析中展示了这些见解，该分析来自食用受污染的哈密瓜。然后，我们提供可以提高我们对其他类型疾病爆发和流行病的理解的政策含义。