Behavioural insight brief : ethics of applying behavioural sciences to policy.: PH4-168/2017E-PDF
"Over the last few years, governments are increasingly turning to behavioural sciences to design behavioural interventions or “nudges” to achieve desired policy and program outcomes. By considering the actual behaviours of individuals and organizations in the policy making process, behavioural sciences can help to develop more optimal government interventions. However, what may be considered legal or acceptable in a private sector context (e.g. commercial advertising) may appear unethical in a public sector setting. For some people, the use of behavioural sciences in policy may be seen as manipulative and as undermining the freedom and normal autonomy of individuals and organizations”--Context, p. 2.
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| Department/Agency | Policy Horizons Canada. |
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| Title | Behavioural insight brief : ethics of applying behavioural sciences to policy. |
| Variant title | Ethics of applying behavioural sciences to policy |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Earlier edition | Behavioural insight brief |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: La stratégie comportementale en survol : éthique dans l’application des sciences du comportement aux politiques. Cover title. Main authors: Christopher Villegas-Cho … [et al.]. Cf. P. 5. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Policy Horizons Canada, [2017] |
| Author / Contributor | Villegas-Cho, Christopher. |
| Description | 5 p. : |
| ISBN | 9780660094144 |
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| Subject terms | Government policy Psychology Ethics Behaviorism (Psychology) |
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