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Radcliffe quoted in Deseret News article on COVID-19 double standards

For people struggling to stay motivated to continue social distancing and wearing masks, cases where public officials ignore the very rules they are imposing on others can be frustrating. In the field of behavioral ethics, this phenomenon is called "ethical fading," says Dana Radcliffe, adjunct professor of public administration and international affairs. The term describes the way people deceive themselves to hide the wrongness of their choices. But, officials should be held to a higher standard, he says, especially when public health is on the line. "People who have considerable power or ability to influence others have a greater obligation to make sure that their actions match their words—because their words and actions can affect the behavior and welfare of others," says Radcliffe. Read more in the Deseret News article, "7 times public officials had double standards on COVID-19." 
January 4, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Ethics, Health Policy, Mental Health, State & Local, United States

Coffel explores power and climate struggle in new research paper

Ethan D. Coffel & Justin S. Mankin
January 4, 2021

See related: Climate Change, Energy

WP 236 Dynamic and Non-Neutral Productivity Effects of Foreign Ownership

Yoonseok Lee, Mary E. Lovely & Hoang Pham
January 1, 2021

See related: China

Heflin article on food & nutrition policy featured in Life Course Implications of US Public Policies

Colleen Heflin

The author first provides an overview of the prevalence of food insecurity by age. Then, the author provides a brief summary of the food programs that are currently available in the United States and discusses how the life-course perspective can inform future policy and research.

December 31, 2020

See related: Food Security

Heflin paper on child well-being and Rental Assistance Demonstration published in Cityscape

Colleen Heflin, Ariel Charney & Yumiko Aratani
December 31, 2020

Understanding and Analyzing Public Policy Design

Saba Siddiki
December 31, 2020

Poverty and Proficiency: the Cost of and Demand for Local Public Education

John M. Yinger
December 31, 2020

Strategies of Secession and Counter-Secession

Edited by Ryan Griffiths, Diego Muro
December 31, 2020

Sociologists publish book on grandparenting children with disabilities

Madonna Harrington Meyer
December 31, 2020

See related: Health Policy, Parenting & Family

Ma’s book analyzes Chinese student experiences in U.S. higher ed

Yingyi Ma
December 31, 2020

See related: China

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