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How to handle ethical disagreements between cofounders about product safety

Our startup team built an algorithm that we're realizing amplifies racial bias in hiring and my cofounder wants to ship it anyway because we're running out of money, but I think we have a responsibility to fix it first even if it means we might fail.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Partners face a crisis where survival pressures conflict with ethical responsibilities, forcing impossible choices between integrity and existence.

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“Where Are You with Institutional ethics and organizational integrity?”

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