Ethics of AI-enabled recruiting and selection: a review and research agenda
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Companies increasingly deploy artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in their personnel recruiting and selection process to streamline it, making it faster and more efficient. AI applications can be found in various stages of recruiting, such as writing job ads, screening of applicant resumes, and analyzing video interviews via face recognition software. As these new technologies significantly impact people’s lives and careers but often trigger ethical concerns, the ethicality of these AI applications needs to be comprehensively understood. However, given the novelty of AI applications in recruiting practice, the subject is still an emerging topic in academic literature. To inform and strengthen the foundation for future research, this paper systematically reviews the extant literature on the ethicality of AI-enabled recruiting to date. We identify 51 articles dealing with the topic, which we synthesize by mapping the ethical opportunities, risks, and ambiguities, as well as the proposed ways to mitigate ethical risks in practice. Based on this review, we identify gaps in the extant literature and point out moral questions that call for deeper exploration in future research.
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- Authors
- Hunkenschroer, A. L., & Luetge, C.
- Affiliations
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Hunkenschroer, Anna Lena
- Venue
- Journal of Business Ethics
- Published
- 2022-02-08
- Volume
- 178
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 977-1007
- ISSN
- 0167-4544 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-0697
- OpenAlex
- W4210867863
- Cited by
- 447
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
- 2026: 123 · 2025: 144 · 2024: 99 · 2023: 67 · 2022: 13 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 93.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Business Ethics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Econstor (Econstor) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich) (submittedVersion)
- mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Technische Universität München
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › AI and HR Technologies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employer Branding and e-HRM
- Keywords
- artificial intelligence in recruitment, personnel selection, AI ethics, ethical risks, moral ambiguity, resume screening, face recognition
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