In the June issue of her monthly column with the Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute, Dr Paola considers the ethical issues of using behavioral scientific data to change behavior. Building on her other columns, which discuss the process in more detail, she stresses in this edition that “ethics should be the driver of anything you are doing”.
Dr Paola notes that “the notion of ethics is raised every time some company uses behavioral science in a way that is more favorable to the company than to the individuals involved. But I believe every company, when they are using behavioral science, should rely on the same principles as lawyers when they take an oath to serve justice. I believe that behavioral economists do the same, in the hopes of making everything that we are involved in as ethical as possible.”
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Dr. Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, a behavioral economist and senior research fellow for Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession and the Harvard Kennedy School. If you missed Dr. Paola’s previous columns you can catch-up at the links below.
Ask Dr. Paola: Do I Need to Use Data Analytics in My Law Firm?
Ask Dr. Paola: How Can I Best Incentivize My Firm’s Lawyers toward Better Performance?
Ask Dr. Paola: Knowing What and How to Measure is Vital in Creating Incentives for Lawyers
