{"id":979,"date":"2026-11-06T12:32:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/?page_id=979"},"modified":"2026-11-06T12:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:32:26","slug":"ethical-dilemma-ai-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/index.php\/ethical-dilemma-ai-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethical dilemma: AI in the workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--\nWORDPRESS PAGE TITLE: Ethical dilemma: AI at the Workplace\nPaste this entire fragment into one Custom HTML block.\nThe theme supplies the page title, logo, navigation, footer and fonts.\nIf WordPress removes the style element, put its contents in Additional CSS.\nExercise wording retained from Ethical Dilemma_AI in Human Ressources.pdf.\n-->\n<style>\n#aiolia-workplace {\n  --ae-red: var(--nv-primary-accent, #ff001e);\n  --ae-ink: var(--nv-text-color, #393939);\n  --ae-soft: var(--nv-light-bg, #f4f4f4);\n  color: var(--ae-ink);\n  font: inherit;\n  line-height: 1.75;\n  margin: 0 0 3rem;\n}\n#aiolia-workplace, #aiolia-workplace * { box-sizing: border-box; }\n#aiolia-workplace p { margin: 0 0 1rem; }\n#aiolia-workplace a { color: var(--ae-ink); text-underline-offset: .2em; }\n#aiolia-workplace a:hover { color: #a50015; }\n#aiolia-workplace a:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid #a50015; outline-offset: 5px; }\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-label {\n  display: inline-block;\n  margin: 0 0 1.5rem;\n  padding: .35rem .8rem;\n  border-left: 3px solid var(--ae-red);\n  background: var(--ae-soft);\n  font-size: .85em;\n  font-weight: 600;\n}\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-index {\n  display: flex;\n  flex-wrap: wrap;\n  gap: .5rem 1.5rem;\n  align-items: baseline;\n  margin: 0 0 2.4rem;\n  padding: 1rem 0;\n  border-top: 1px solid #dedede;\n  border-bottom: 1px solid #dedede;\n  font-size: .85em;\n}\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-index a { padding: .25rem 0; }\n#aiolia-workplace section { margin-bottom: 2.5rem; scroll-margin-top: 2rem; }\n#aiolia-workplace h2 {\n  font-family: var(--headingsfontfamily, \"Montserrat\"), Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n  color: var(--ae-ink);\n  font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 2vw, 1.7rem);\n  font-weight: 600;\n  line-height: 1.4;\n  letter-spacing: 0;\n  text-transform: none;\n  margin: 0 0 1rem;\n}\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-prose { max-width: 92ch; }\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-task {\n  padding: 1.6rem 1.75rem;\n  border-left: 4px solid var(--ae-red);\n  background: var(--ae-soft);\n}\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-task ol { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 1.5rem; }\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-task li { margin: 0 0 .85rem; padding-left: .35rem; }\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-task li:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-task li::marker { font-weight: 600; }\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-footer { font-size: .85em; padding-top: 1rem; border-top: 1px solid #dedede; }\n@media (max-width: 600px) {\n  #aiolia-workplace .ae-index { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: .45rem 1rem; }\n  #aiolia-workplace .ae-task { padding: 1.25rem 1rem; }\n}\n@media print {\n  #aiolia-workplace { font-size: 11pt; color: #000; margin: 0; }\n  #aiolia-workplace .ae-index, #aiolia-workplace .ae-footer { display: none; }\n  #aiolia-workplace h2 { font-size: 15pt; break-after: avoid; }\n  #aiolia-workplace .ae-task { background: none; border-left-color: #555; }\n}\n\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-subtitle { font-size:1.1em; max-width:65ch; margin:0 0 1.6rem; }\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-scenario { border-top:1px solid #dedede; padding-top:1.75rem; }\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-task p:last-child { margin-bottom:0; }\n\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-dialogue { margin-top: 1.75rem; padding: .25rem 0 .25rem 1.4rem; border-left: 2px solid #dedede; max-width: 92ch; }\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-dialogue p { padding-bottom: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 1.1rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8e8e8; }\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-dialogue p:last-child { padding-bottom: 0; margin-bottom: 0; border-bottom: 0; }\n#aiolia-workplace .ae-dialogue strong { font-weight: 700; }\n@media (max-width: 600px) { #aiolia-workplace .ae-dialogue { padding-left: 1rem; } }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"aiolia-workplace\" lang=\"en\">\n  <p class=\"ae-label\">Ethical dilemma<\/p>\n  <nav class=\"ae-index\" aria-label=\"Exercise sections\">\n    <a href=\"#aw-scenario\">Scenario<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#aw-task\">Your task<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#aw-source\">Source<\/a>\n  <\/nav>\n  <section id=\"aw-scenario\" aria-labelledby=\"aw-scenario-title\">\n    <h2 id=\"aw-scenario-title\">Scenario<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"ae-prose\">Read the following discussion between a Department Manager and a Senior Executive Assistant during workhours at their company\u2019s office.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"ae-dialogue\">\n      <p><strong>Mark (Department Manager):<\/strong> Evelyn, we are forming the new executive committee, but we are not going to include you this time.<\/p>\n      <p><strong>Evelyn (Senior Executive Assistant):<\/strong> I have organised this committee for twenty years, Mark. Why am I suddenly left out?<\/p>\n      <p><strong>Mark:<\/strong> It relates to the new AI security system. It analyses how we behave to stop email scams. The AI flagged our team for \u2018authority bias.\u2019 It means we are too quick to follow orders from the top.<\/p>\n      <p><strong>Evelyn:<\/strong> Wait. Because I respect the rules and do what the executives ask, the AI thinks I will fall for a hacker\u2019s trick?<\/p>\n      <p><strong>Mark:<\/strong> It is not personal. The computer just says that people who strictly follow the instructions are a bigger security risk right now. We need people on the committee who will naturally question leadership.<\/p>\n      <p><strong>Evelyn:<\/strong> So a machine has decided that my decades of loyalty are actually a weakness. If my experience is treated like a security threat instead of an asset, I resign.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n  <section id=\"aw-task\" class=\"ae-task\" aria-labelledby=\"aw-task-title\">\n    <h2 id=\"aw-task-title\">Your task<\/h2>\n    <ol>\n      <li>Pinpoint the central issue at play here.<\/li>\n      <li>Using the <a href=\"https:\/\/digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu\/en\/library\/assessment-list-trustworthy-artificial-intelligence-altai-self-assessment\">ALTAI list of requirements<\/a>, identify the ethics requirements in tension.<\/li>\n    <\/ol>\n  <\/section>\n  <p><a href=\"#aiolia-workplace\">Back to the top<\/a><\/p>\n  <footer id=\"aw-source\" class=\"ae-footer\" aria-label=\"Source\">\n    <p>Source: A. Pr\u00e9gent and A. Grinbaum, <cite>Developing Competency in AI Ethics: A training framework.<\/cite> <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2610.13319\">arxiv:2610.13319<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/footer>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethical dilemma Scenario Your task Source Scenario Read the following discussion between a Department Manager and a Senior Executive Assistant during workhours at their company\u2019s office. Mark (Department Manager): Evelyn, we are forming the new executive committee, but we are not going to include you this time. Evelyn (Senior Executive Assistant): I have organised this&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/index.php\/ethical-dilemma-ai-in-the-workplace\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ethical dilemma: AI in the workplace<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-979","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":986,"href":"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/979\/revisions\/986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}