# Violence by Omission **Domain:** Ethics / Institutional systems **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Violence by omission** is serious preventable harm produced or sustained through a failure to act, disclose, correct, protect, or provide a necessary institutional route. ## Significance The concept requires a duty, capacity, foreseeability, and causal contribution; nonaction alone is not automatically violence. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Primary or institutional source](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/doing-allowing/) ## Routes [[wiki/Map-Deprivation|Map-Deprivation]] · [[wiki/Positive Maintenance Duty|Positive Maintenance Duty]] · [[wiki/Finalization|Finalization]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]