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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Publication information
Department/Agency Policy Horizons Canada.
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
Catalogue number
  • PH4-168/2017E-PDF
Subject terms Government policy
Psychology
Ethics
Behaviorism (Psychology)
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