"Nor am I ready to do nothing in a situation where my doing something could have positive consequences."

In fact, positive consequences are not always enough when used alone.

List the rules on the board along with the positive and negative consequences.

For both cases, there are positive and negative environmental consequences.

These decisions may lead to both positive and negative consequences depending on the situation.

Let us hope that this will have positive consequences very quickly.

When older children leave home, there are both positive and negative consequences.

The latter argument won the day, with both positive and negative consequences.

Stress is an inherent part of life, with both positive and negative consequences.

There is a hope that this may lead to a positive consequence.