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DESCRIPTION:This Annie Macdonald Langstaff workshop with Ifeoma Ajunwa\, As
 sistant Professor of Labor and Employment Law at Cornell University’s Indu
 strial and Labor Relations School\, has been postponed. A new date will be
  announced as soon as possible.\n\nAbstract\n\nThe conceit of automated de
 cision-making – such as for hiring employees – that removing humans from t
 he decision-making process will also eliminate human bias. The paradox\, h
 owever\, is that in some instances\, automated decision-making has served 
 to replicate and amplify bias.\n\nAlthough problematic features associated
  with algorithmic decision-making are at odds with the fundamental princip
 le of equal opportunity in employment\, this paper contends that the frami
 ng of algorithmic bias as a technical problem is misguided. Rather\, the p
 roblem is that legal frameworks – in the context of an American legal trad
 ition of deference to employers\, especially allowing for such nebulous hi
 ring criterion as “cultural fit” – do not take into account the emerging t
 echnological capabilities of hiring tools which make it difficult to detec
 t disparate impact.\n\nThe paper argues for a re-thinking of legal framewo
 rks that take into account both the liability of employers and those of th
 e makers of algorithmic hiring systems who\, as brokers\, owe a fiduciary 
 duty of care.\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nDr. Ajunwa is an Assistant Professor
  of Labor and Employment Law at Cornell University’s Industrial and Labor 
 Relations School (ILR)\, an Associate Faculty Member at the Cornell Law Sc
 hool\, and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard Univ
 ersity. Her research interests are at the intersection of law and technolo
 gy with a particular focus on the ethical governance of workplace technolo
 gies\, as well as diversity and inclusion in the labor market and the work
 place.\n\nThe Workshops\n\nInaugurated in 1988 in honour of Annie MacDonal
 d Langstaff\, BCL 1914\, the first woman to earn a law degree in Quebec\, 
 the workshops provide a forum for academics\, judges\, lawyers\, and commu
 nity activists to present scholarly research and practical insights on iss
 ues relating to women and the law.\n\nThis event is eligible for inclusion
  as 1.5 hours of continuing legal education as reported by members of the 
 Barreau du Québec.\n
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SUMMARY:POSTONED The Paradox of Automation as Anti-Bias Intervention
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 ti-bias-intervention-301727
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