A Seattle University study examining the costs of the death penalty in Washington found that each death penalty case cost an average of $1 million more than a similar case where the death penalty was not sought ($3.07 million, versus $2.01 million).hat translates to $37.2 million for each of the stateâs five executions since the state reenacted the death penalty. The study estimates that the average cost to Maryland taxpayers for reaching a single death sentence is $3 million - $1.9 million more than the cost of a non-death penalty case.
Employee Performance. A lack of ethics has a negative effect on employee performance. In some cases, employees are so concerned with getting ahead and making money that they ignore procedures and protocol. This can lead to additional paperwork and careless errors that result in the task having to be completed again.
1 results-based ethics is only interested in the consequences of an act. 2  the intentions of the person doing the act are irrelevant. 3  so an act with good results done by someone who intended harm is as good as if it was done by someone who intended to do good.