CARROTANDSTICK

Carrot and stick

"Carrot and Stick Approach" is an idiom that refers to a policy of offering a combination of rewards and punishment to induce behavior. It is named in reference to a cart driver dangling a carrot in front of a mule and holding a stick behind it. The mule would move towards the carrot because it wants the reward of food, while also moving away from the stick behind it, since it does not want the punishment of pain, thus drawing the cart.

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carrot and stick

Noun

  1. Simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A promised reward to encourage good behaviour that is never actually delivered.


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