With the growing use of software programs to assist in the hiring process, it was only a matter of time before the issue of government regulation to guard against bias arose. Now, Tom Simonite sets out the issues connected to a new proposal in New York City to regulate the algorithms used in hiring.
As he shows, although there seems to be a growing consensus that some kind of regulation is needed, the particular features of any such regulation remain to be worked out. For example, it is not clear how proposed audits of hiring software would be carried out and by whom. The case of regulating hiring software in New York City raises a set of issues that will be with us as we grapple with the development of new automated systems and processes for supporting, and in some cases governing, organizational decision making.
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