A company uses a model trained on ten years of hiring data in which most successful candidates were men to rank job applicants. What should an ethically minded accountant do?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Challenge the data and model
- Step 1: Models can reproduce bias in the data they are trained on.
- Step 2: The accountant should question the data, test for bias and report concerns.
Answer
Challenge the data and model.
Why not the others: Output is only as unbiased as the input data. Removing traceability would reduce accountability. Ranking only one group would be discriminatory.
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