How can we model the difference between the implicit and explicit social sanctioning?
In the explicit social sanctioning, the victim is directly punished for his actions, for example sending a criminal to jail. The reason for this penalty is that the punished makes something legally unacceptable, and society should take actions – apply the law – to prevent this from happening again. On the other hand, implicit sanctioning punishment is indirect, for example ostracizing a member of society. The victim does something that damages his reputation in such a way that people do not want to interact with him because doing that will lower their social status. How does time affect reputation? Does this change in different contexts? Can you think of examples? I choose three different contexts to analyse: a professional tennis player, a retail store, and a individual in eBay. In the beginning, each should make considerable efforts to build a reputation. At this stage, all the cases behave in the same way. They should prove that they are capable of successfully accomplish their goal
