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When development teams disagree about algorithmic transparency and user rights

Our software team is building a platform that will be used to make hiring decisions and we disagree about what level of transparency we owe to people who will be evaluated by our system. Some think trade secrets justify keeping the algorithm opaque, others argue people have a right to understand how they're being judged.

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A group building decision-making tools must determine what people have a right to know about systems that affect their lives.

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