"Those concerned about their privacy might be alarmed by the arrival of such badges. But Humanyze says it doesn’t record the content of what people say, just how they say it. And the boss doesn’t get to look at individuals’ personal data. It is also up to the employee to decide whether they want to participate. “Those are things we hammer home,” Waber said. “If you don’t give people choice, if you don’t aggregate instead of showing individual data, any benefit would be dwarfed by the negative reaction people will have of you coming in with this very sophisticated sensor.” He and three fellow scientists, two of whom are MIT graduates and one from Finland, call their technology “people analytics.”"
Issues and developments related to ethics, information, and technologies, examined in the ethics and intellectual property graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published in Summer 2025. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Showing posts with label "like a Fitbit for your career". Show all posts
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Thursday, September 8, 2016
This employee ID badge monitors and listens to you at work — except in the bathroom; Washington Post, 9/7/16
Thomas Heath, Washington Post; This employee ID badge monitors and listens to you at work — except in the bathroom:
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