UK Column News - Monday, 6th March 2023 21:09 - And yet—Unethical nudging goes local

 

 

UK Column News - Monday, 6th March 2023 21:09 - And yet—Unethical nudging goes local

21:09 Wirral Council is using the same psychological coercion (“nudging”)

Local Government Association tweet: Nudges for Social Good podcast with Nicola Jones and Rory McGill of Wirral Council

UK Column viewer responds:

Have I misunderstood or is local government now tweaking citizens’ behaviour by deploying nudges? If so, is this behaviour acceptable by those who are only elected to provide public services?

Podcast transcript: Nudges for Social Good—Wirral Council: working with community champions during the COVID–19 pandemic—self-confessed detail on a municipal council’s use of religious bodies and charities to make people confess whether they complied with Covidian messaging