From human resources to human rights: Impact assessments for hiring algorithms

Over the years, companies have adopted hiring algorithms because they promise wider job candidate pools, lower recruitment costs and less human bias. Despite these promises, also bring perils. Using them can inflict unintentional harms on individual rights. These include five rights to work, equality nondiscrimination, privacy, free expression association. of algorithms, AI ethics literature has predominantly focused abstract ethical principles. This is problematic for two reasons. First, principles been criticized being vague not actionable. Second, use discuss algorithmic risks does provide any accountability. lack accountability creates an gap. Closing this gap crucial because, without accountability, lead discrimination unequal access employment opportunities. paper makes contributions literature. it frames using international law as a universal standard determining evaluates four types impact assessments in terms how effectively address applicants implicated algorithms. It determines which help audit their close