Multiple Causes
The multiple cause philosophy stems from the belief that a root cause can exist for each of the contributing factors that were necessary for a resulting outcome. By preventing any of those necessary causes, the undesired outcome can be prevented.
The result of this philosophy is a branching model that attempts to incorporate all the identified ways that the outcome could be prevented. The inclusive model provides a variety of corrective actions that can potentially break the causal chain.
One basis for the argument supporting this as the ‘proper’ interpretation is the common illustration of the model with the undesired outcome at the top and the causes spreading below like roots spreading from the trunk of a tree.
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