How European Union non-discrimination laws are interpreted and enforced vary by context and by state definitions of key terms, like “gender” or “religion.” Non-discrimination laws become even more…
Algorithmic hiring is the usage of tools based on Artificial intelligence (AI) for finding and selecting job candidates. As other applications of AI, it is vulnerable to perpetuate discrimination. Considering technological, legal, and ethical aspects, the EU-funded FINDHR project will facilitate the prevention, detection, and management of discrimination in algorithmic hiring and closely related areas involving human recommendation.
I am an AI researcher, and I’m worried about some of the societal impacts that we’re already seeing. In particular, these 5 things scare me about AI: 1. Algorithms are often implemented without ways to address mistakes. 2. AI makes it easier to not feel responsible. 3. AI encodes & magnifies bias. 4. Optimizing metrics above all else leads to negative outcomes. 5. There is no accountability for big tech companies.
Sociological research on inequality has increasingly moved beyond the examination of inequalities as they
presumably exist to explore the generic narrative processes that perpetuate that inequality. Unfortunately,
however, this research remains concentrated on either individual or ideological grand narratives and
ignores the fact that the work narratives do, including the production and structuring of inequality, occurs
at multiple levels: cultural, structural, organizational, and personal, and never exclusively at just one of
these. In this study, we use Somali origin narratives to describe conceptually the ways in which narratives
produced at different personal and societal levels—cultural, institutional, organizational—dialectically
structure the generic processes that produce and perpetuate social inequality.
Predictive testing for Huntington’s disease was introduced in the late 1980s. It was offered reluctantly, however, because of the lack of treatment available for identified gene carriers and the potential for genetic discrimination—that is, the unfair and inappropriate treatment of a person or group on the basis of genetic information. In the linked cross sectional survey (doi:10.1136/bmj.b2175), Bombard and colleagues assess the nature and prevalence of genetic discrimination in a cohort of asymptomatic genetically tested and untested people at risk for Huntington’s disease.
elp end discrimination against families in Bastrop County. The U. S. Fair Housing Act provides protection for families. You cannot refuse a tenant or home buyer on the basis of family size. Please sign the petition being circulated at churches in Bastr
Established under the Human Rights Commission Act 2000, the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) promotes and protects the human rights of everyone in Ireland by promoting awareness and understanding, reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of the law and by providing assistance for legal proceedings.
L’Observatoire de l’âgisme est un collectif, créé début 2008, rassemblant associations, médias, chercheurs, personnalités..., désireux de réfléchir aux discriminations liées à l’âge (âgisme) afin de mieux lutter contre.
Maelezig Bigi. La reconnaissance en sociologie : des identites meprisees a la critique du travail..
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Durch digitale Lernplattformen können vermehrt Daten über Lernende, Lerninhalte und die Lernsituation ausgewertet werden. Die algorithmische Analyse nennt sich Learning Analytics. Diese Analyse ermöglicht einen individuellen Lernprozess sowie eine Früherkennung von Lernschwächen. Learning Analytics bergen allerdings auch einige Nachteile.
Wie stark lassen sich Lehrende durch Learning Analytics in ihrer Bewertung von Studierenden beeinflussen? Welche diskriminierenden aber auch ungleichheits-reduzierenden Effekte gehen von Algorithmen aus? In diesem Beitrag stellen die Autor*innen das Potential und die Gefahren von Learning Analytics vor und werten die Forschungsergebnisse eines Conjoint-Experiments aus.
Terminally ill patients who want to commit suicide should be able to receive medical help to die, a government adviser on care for the elderly has said. Martin Green, a dementia expert for the Department of Health, said patients who were too frail to take their own lives were being denied “choice” and “autonomy” because assisted suicide is illegal in the UK. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, he urged ministers to review the law and suggested that a referendum or a free vote in Parliament should be called to settle policy on the issue. “If you’re going to give people ‘choice’, it should extend to whether or not they want to die,” he said.
Être syndiqué et / ou disposer d’un mandat syndical, c’est bien souvent faire l’expérience de la répression et de la discrimination. Selon une étude du Ministère du Travail, 30% des élus syndiqués et 40% des délégués syndicaux considèrent que l’exercice de leur mandat représente un frein à leur carrière. En moyenne un délégué syndical gagne 10% de moins qu’un salarié non syndiqué ayant le même profil.
L. Albert. Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, page 223--241. London, UK, Springer-Verlag, (1989)