Date of Award
Spring 2021
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Advisor(s)
Miguel Alzola
Abstract
Human Resources Analytics is a new, growing field that analyzes employee data to improve decision making in HR. However useful, the insights derived from HR Analytics can potentially be considered violations of privacy depending on the type of data that is collected and used. Privacy, defined as the condition of not having undocumented personal knowledge about one possessed by others, is a moral right that exists in the employment relationship. If an employee’s personal information is collected and used in HR Analytics, the employee’s right to privacy has been violated. Employers must not violate this right, regardless of how profits are impacted. I propose a framework that facilitates the discernment between professional and personal information, along with examples to illustrate the use of the framework. Professional information is ethically permissible for companies to use, since the right to privacy is not violated, and personal information is ethically impermissible for companies to use, since it violates the right to privacy. Using this framework, companies can determine the ethical permissibility of an HR Analytics project with greater ease.
Recommended Citation
Baron, Ed, "HR Analytics and Privacy: An Ethical Analysis" (2021). Gabelli School of Business Honors Thesis Collection. 60.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/gabelli_thesis/60
