Because tech industry ethics teams lack resources and authority, their effectiveness is spotty at best, according to a new study.
  • Banzai51@midwest.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    It’s like having a security team.

    Security team to Joe Blow tech: Hey, you shouldn’t do that.
    Joe Blow’s Manager: Hey Joe Blow, deploy that asap.
    Joe Blow deploys.

  • samn@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Of course, it makes perfect sense… they want the good publicity of saying they have ethics oversight, but don’t actually give them authority because it would prevent them from doing what they want to do (and know might be unethical)