Expert Comment
Can social norm theory help to change behaviour around Covid-19? Expert comment
Psychologists working in intercultural communication, Helen Spencer-Oatey, Perry Hinton, Katharina Lefringhausen (Warwick) and Dan Spencer (Oxford) comment on the role "norm focus theory" could play in changing our behaviour during the coronavirus lockdown.
Expert comment on the Coronavirus Bill
Global health law expert Dr Sharifah Sekalala from the University of Warwick School of Law takes a look at the emergency legislation starting its Parliamentary passage today.
Should Government consider a generalised stay of enforcement of financial covenants? Expert Comment
Should Government and the Bank of England take steps to lessen the pressure on corporates to satisfy financial covenants, given the economic difficulties caused by the "suppression strategy"? Dr Stephen Connelly from Warwick Law School comments.
Budget 2020 expert comment - closing the "tax gap"
" A single auditor working on self-assessment returns can bring in enough revenue to pay for their own salary, and that of four nurses too." The Chancellor has announced plans to employ 1300 additional auditors, expected to bring in an average of £770m a year over the next five years by improving compliance with the tax rules. Dr Arun Advani of Warwick Economics and CAGE explains the "tax gap" and why closing it is important.
Costs and consequences of data breaches - expert comment
"Market penalty depends a great deal on the type of breach, the sensitivity of the information, the number of records lost, the extent to which the firm ‘holds itself out’ as a safe guardian of data and the delay between breach and disclosure." Dr Jonathan Cave comments on the consequences that can flow from large data breaches such as the recent Virgin Media incident.