In this paper, we examine the epistemological and ontological assumptions algorithmic hiring assessments make about job seekers' attributes (e.g., competencies, skills, abilities) and the ethical implications of t...
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In this paper, we examine the epistemological and ontological assumptions algorithmic hiring assessments make about job seekers' attributes (e.g., competencies, skills, abilities) and the ethical implications of these assumptions. Given that both traditional psychometric hiring assessments and algorithmic assessments share a common set of underlying assumptions from the psychometric paradigm, we turn to literature that has examined the merits and limitations of these assumptions, gathering insights across multiple disciplines and several decades. Our exploration leads us to conclude that algorithmic hiring assessments are incompatible with attributes whose meanings are context-dependent and socially constructed. Such attributes call instead for assessment paradigms that offer space for negotiation of meanings between the job seeker and the employer. We argue that in addition to questioning the validity of algorithmic hiring assessments, this raises an often overlooked ethical impact on job seekers' autonomy over self-representation: their ability to directly represent their identity, lived experiences, and aspirations. Infringement on this autonomy constitutes an infringement on job seekers' dignity. We suggest beginning to address these issues through epistemological and ethical reflection regarding the choice of assessment paradigm, the means to implement it, and the ethical impacts of these choices. This entails a transdisciplinary effort that would involve job seekers, hiring managers, recruiters, and other professionals and researchers. Combined with a socio-technical design perspective, this may help generate new ideas regarding appropriate roles for human-to-human and human-technology interactions in the hiring process.
Psychiatrists working in consultation-liason services are often called upon to assess the competency of patients who are under the primary care of other physicians. Despite the frequency with which this sort of proble...
Psychiatrists working in consultation-liason services are often called upon to assess the competency of patients who are under the primary care of other physicians. Despite the frequency with which this sort of problem is encountered, no clinically useful guidelines seem to exist to aid the clinician in making such an assessment. In fact, a number of very different sorts of "tests" for competency to consent to medical care seem to exist and are used in practice. This essay attempts to make some headway in defining a general set of clinically useful criteria for the determination of competency to consent to medical care. This is done by looking at the central elements of informed consent itself and then asking what capabilities are required by anyone seeking to give consent to medical care.
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THOMASMA, DCDirector and Professor
Program on Human Values and Ethics University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences Memphis
Following professional codes does not automatically lead to ethical decision-making. Because the health professional makes a commitment to care for human beings and these persons are in a state of need which only expe...
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Following professional codes does not automatically lead to ethical decision-making. Because the health professional makes a commitment to care for human beings and these persons are in a state of need which only expert advice can rectify, a professional decision requires ethical analysis of values. Such analysis engages the whole person in a process of self-reflection and critique of action, something a code of ethics does not provide. For health professionals, including nutritionists and dietitians, the insight is not just philosophical; it stems from the very nature of the profession.
While the Individual man is an Insoluble puzzle, In the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example, never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average numb...
While the Individual man is an Insoluble puzzle, In the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example, never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to.
Shared views regarding the moral respect which is owed to children in family life are used as a guide in determining the moral permissibility of nontherapeutic clinical research procedures involving children. The comp...
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Traditional medical approaches to moral issues found in the clinical setting can, if properly understood, enlighten our philosophical understanding of moral issues. Moral problem-solving, as distinct from ethical and ...
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Two factors are discussed which have important implications for the issue of paternalism in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU): the physician's role as advocate for the patient;and the range of typical respon...
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