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Is AI recruiting (un) ethical? A human rights perspective on the use of AI for hiring

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Hunkenschroer, Anna Lena, Kriebitz, Alexander·2023·AI and Ethics
DOI 10.1007/s43681-022-00166-4PMC PMC9309597
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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in organizations' recruiting and selection procedures has become commonplace in business practice; accordingly, research on AI recruiting has increased substantially in recent years. But, though various articles have highlighted the potential opportunities and ethical risks of AI recruiting, the topic has not been normatively assessed yet. We aim to fill this gap by providing an ethical analysis of AI recruiting from a human rights perspective. In doing so, we elaborate on human rights' theoretical implications for corporate use of AI-driven hiring solutions. Therefore, we analyze whether AI hiring practices inherently conflict with the concepts of validity, autonomy, nondiscrimination, privacy, and transparency, which represent the main human rights relevant in this context. Concluding that these concepts are not at odds, we then use existing legal and ethical implications to determine organizations' responsibility to enforce and realize human rights standards in the context of AI recruiting.

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Authors
Hunkenschroer, A. L., & Kriebitz, A.
Affiliations
Technical University of Munich (DE)
Corresponding author
Hunkenschroer, Anna Lena
ORCID
Venue
AI and Ethics
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2022-07-25
Volume
3
Issue
1
Pages
199-213
ISSN
  • 2730-5953 (ISSN-L)
  • 2730-5961
DOI
10.1007/s43681-022-00166-4
PMC
PMC9309597
OpenAlex
W4287218595
Cited by
111
References
64
Citations by year
2026: 39 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 2
FWCI
20.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • AI and Ethics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › 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 › Industrial relations › Legal and Labor Studies
Keywords
automated hiring, human rights, ethical analysis, validity, autonomy, non-discrimination, privacy, transparency, corporate social responsibility

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