Editing Ripple effect (section)

== Examples ==
=== The Weinstein effect and the rise of the Me Too movement ===
In October 2017, according to ''[[The New York Times]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Weinstein#cite_note-Kantor-50|title=Harvey Weinstein}}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=May 2020}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html|title=Harvey Weinstein Paid off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades|newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 October 2017|last1=Kantor|first1=Jodi|last2=Twohey|first2=Megan}}</ref> and ''[[The New Yorker]]'',<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories|title=From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein's Accusers Tell Their Stories|magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=10 October 2017}}</ref> dozens of women have accused American film producer [[Harvey Weinstein]], former founder of [[Miramax Films]] and [[The Weinstein Company]], of [[rape]], [[sexual assault]] and [[sexual abuse]] for over a period of three decades. Shortly after over eighty accusations, Harvey was dismissed from his own company, expelled from the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] and other professional associations, and even retired from public view. The allegations against him resulted in a special case of '''ripple effect''', now called the [[Weinstein effect]]. This means a global trend involving a serial number of sexual misconduct allegations towards other famous men in Hollywood, such as [[Louis CK]] and [[Kevin Spacey]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/22/business/media/a-long-delayed-reckoning-of-the-cost-of-silence-on-abuse.html|title=A Long-Delayed Reckoning of the Cost of Silence on Abuse|newspaper=The New York Times|date=23 October 2017|last1=Rutenberg|first1=Jim}}</ref> The effect led to the formation of the controversial [[Me Too movement]], where people share their experiences of sexual harassment/assault.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harvey-weinstein-effect-goes-global-powerful-men-confronted|title=Powerful men confronted as "Weinstein Effect" goes global|website=[[CBS News]] |date=14 November 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/news/men-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-harvey-weinstein-2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228001933/https://www.biography.com/news/men-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-harvey-weinstein-2017|archive-date=2017-12-28 |title=100 Powerful Men Accused of Sexual Misconduct in 2017 |first=Meredith |last=Worthen |date=2017-12-21 |website=[[Biography.com]]}}</ref>

===Corporate social responsibility===
The effects of one company's decision to adopt a [[corporate social responsibility]] (CSR) programme on the attitudes and behaviours of rival companies has been likened to a ripple effect. Research by an international team in 2018 found that in many cases, one company's CSR initiative was seen as a [[Competition|competitive threat]] to other businesses in the same market, resulting in the adoption of further CSR initiatives.<ref>Shuzhen, S., [https://research.smu.edu.sg/news/smuresearch/2018/sep/03/corporate-social-responsibility-programmes-have-ripple-effects-other-businesses Corporate social responsibility programmes have ripple effects on other businesses, study says], ''[[Singapore Management University]]'', published 3 September 2018, accessed 25 October 2023</ref>