SOP breaks and OOC consequences

[BrickKent]

hi funkmins!
i would just like clarification on whether or not SOP breaks are purely an IC problem or if they would lead to OOC consequences?
this is mainly in relation to things such as science making weapons (with reasoning) and security where the SOP is much more in depth than many of the other SOPs and feels like violation could have a much stronger gameplay affect than something like the janitor being slow.