Search Results (54)

Discretion in overpayment recovery. (2023)
Journal Article
SPICKER, P. 2023. Discretion in overpayment recovery. Journal of social welfare and family law [online], 45(2), pages 184-187. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2023.2206218

R v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2023] EWHC 233 (Admin) calls into question at least three aspects of the long-established practice of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The case concerns the DWP’s discretionary power to waive t... Read More about Discretion in overpayment recovery..

The effect of treating public services as commodities. (2023)
Journal Article
SPICKER, P. 2023. The effect of treating public services as commodities. Public money and management [online], Latest Articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2023.2240641

Within the frame of orthodox economics, only market allocations can be efficient, and markets can achieve any desired outcome. Public services, however, operate by criteria which are not satisfied by market allocations, including the requirements of... Read More about The effect of treating public services as commodities..

One size fits all? The problems of offering ethical guidance to everyone. (2022)
Book Chapter
SPICKER, P. 2023 One size fits all? The problems of offering ethical guidance to everyone. In Iphofen, R. and O'Mathuna, D. (eds.) Ethical evidence and policymaking: interdisciplinary and international research. Bristol: Policy press [online], chapter 2, pages 40-55. Available from: https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447363972-005

The conventional wisdom of research ethics has developed from the Nuremberg Code and related guidance about medical research. Complaints about ethical review bodies often reflect the application of rules designed for a quite different kind of researc... Read More about One size fits all? The problems of offering ethical guidance to everyone..

Ethical research in public policy. (2022)
Book Chapter
SPICKER, P. 2023. Ethical research in public policy. In Iphofen, R. and O'Mathuna, D. (eds.) Ethical evidence and policymaking: interdisciplinary and international research. Bristol: Policy press [online], chapter 7, pages 139-150. Available from: https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447363972-010

Public policy research is research for a purpose, guided by a distinctive range of normative considerations. The values are the values of public service; the work is generally done in the public domain; and the research is an intrinsic part of the de... Read More about Ethical research in public policy..