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  • What makes AI ethicists the top hire for companies to succeed?

    What makes AI ethicists the top hire for companies to succeed?

    KPMG ranked „AI ethicist“ as one of the „top 5 AI hires companies need to succeed in 2019“. That’s good news for an ‘old business ethicist’ like me. However, there is no common understanding whether we need AI ethicists in the first place, and whether creating such a profile inevitably leads to „machinewashing“. I address…

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  • The costs of lowering social standards

    The costs of lowering social standards

    In 2014 Chiquita paid their workers in Honduras private health insurance which cost them a total of 1 million USD per year. Quite a lot of money for a company close to bankruptcy. A few weeks ago they wanted to lower the level of health care services. As a result, workers went on strike for…

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