TY - BOOK
T1 - Doing Radical Things Right
T2 - Ethical Good Practice for Basic Income Experiments
AU - Howard, Neil
AU - Langridge, Nick
AU - Mathur, Vibhor
AU - Hamilton, Leah
AU - Westlake, David
AU - Soon-Shiong, Nika
AU - Laker-Oketta, Miriam
AU - Davala, Sarath
AU - Martinez Tinaut, Aida
AU - Laín, Bru
AU - Franchi, Maria
AU - Morrow, Virginia
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Increasing calls for reform to welfare provision have seen growing support for basic income (BI) - the unconditional provision of cash transfers to all. As a result, recent years have seen an exponential increase in the number of pilot experiments of BI, across all parts of the world. However, to date, there has been little discussion on the ethical considerations of such experiments. This paper is the outcome of a workshop whereby BI piloters came together to discuss such ethical considerations, share case studies, and begin to formulate general principles to guide ethical BI experiments. The paper discusses the ethical considerations relevant to the various stages of a pilot experiment and concludes with some general principles: to do-no-harm, maintain respect, dignity, and agency; mitigate power inequalities, promote trust and transparency, and ensure substantive unconditionality. The paper hopes to stimulate discussions towards an ethical, ‘best practice’ protocol for BI experiments and provide a useful resource to those working on, or interested in, BI research.
AB - Increasing calls for reform to welfare provision have seen growing support for basic income (BI) - the unconditional provision of cash transfers to all. As a result, recent years have seen an exponential increase in the number of pilot experiments of BI, across all parts of the world. However, to date, there has been little discussion on the ethical considerations of such experiments. This paper is the outcome of a workshop whereby BI piloters came together to discuss such ethical considerations, share case studies, and begin to formulate general principles to guide ethical BI experiments. The paper discusses the ethical considerations relevant to the various stages of a pilot experiment and concludes with some general principles: to do-no-harm, maintain respect, dignity, and agency; mitigate power inequalities, promote trust and transparency, and ensure substantive unconditionality. The paper hopes to stimulate discussions towards an ethical, ‘best practice’ protocol for BI experiments and provide a useful resource to those working on, or interested in, BI research.
KW - Basic income
KW - Research ethics
KW - Sustainable welfare
KW - Social policy
M3 - Other report
T3 - Centre for Development Studies Report Series
BT - Doing Radical Things Right
PB - Centre for Development Studies
ER -