Ethics, Values, and Layoffs in Big Tech with Dorothea Baur from Beyond Coding

Ethics, Values, and Layoffs in Big Tech with Dorothea Baur

49 minutes Posted Feb 15, 2023 at 3:00 pm.

Intro

The sea of fog in Switzerland

Dorothea's day to day

Synthetic media and plagiarism

The EU AI Act

Dorothea is an Ethics Strategy Consultant

Combining Ethics and Strategy

Company Values and Ethics

Ethics and Core Business

Interpretation of Ethics

What is fair?

Making money from ethical actions

Ethics help create a strong culture

Purpose

Younger generations care about purpose

Awareness of world impact

Patrick lives under a rock

Ethically sound and integrity

Incentives and Ethics

Layoffs in Big Tech

Using the law to your advantage in firing people

Can companies afford ethics?

Reputational damage

Employee protection & gaps in regulations

The impact of ChatGPT

Rounding off

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Show notes

Can companies afford ethics in bad times? Looking at the recent mass layoffs in big tech, it looks like they couldn't.

Dorothea Baur shares how she combines ethics and strategy to bring value to organisations. Next to that, we discuss the relationship between ethics, purpose and company values. Through this lens, we discuss the reputational damage of the big tech layoffs.

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Connect with Dorothea Baur:

https://baurconsulting.ch

https://twitter.com/DorotheaBaur

https://linkedin.com/in/dorotheabaur

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https://youtu.be/KxS2THT7rM4

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