Publications

October 2023
Teaching Note

Timnit Gebru: 'SILENCED No More' on AI Bias and The Harms of Large Language Models

By: Tsedal Neeley and Tim Englehart

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 422-085. Dr. Timnit Gebru—a leading artificial intelligence (AI) computer scientist and co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI team—was messaging with one of her colleagues when she saw the words: “Did you resign?? Megan sent an email saying that... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Employment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Technological Innovation; AI and Machine Learning; Diversity; Prejudice and Bias; Technology Industry

Purchase

16 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem

diversifying their workforces, more firms are scrutinizing the results of conventional algorithms on recruiting websites. But do fair rankings actually weed out gender bias and allow more women to rise to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

December 2024
Article

Human Bias in the Oversight of Firms: Evidence from Workplace Safety Violations

By: Jonas Heese, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Andreya Pérez Silva

We study the effects of mood as a source of human bias on regulators’ oversight and enforcement decisions. We use weather at facilities at the time of an OSHA inspection to proxy for the OSHA compliance officers’ mood. We find that during periods of good mood due to... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Happiness; Working Conditions; Safety

05 Nov 2019
News

News Analysis: Gender bias turned out to be a wonderful indicator of WeWork’s incompetence

March 2013
Article

The Client Is King: Do Mutual Fund Relationships Bias Analyst Recommendations?

By: Michael Firth, Chen Lin, Ping Liu and Yuhai Xuan

This paper investigates whether the business relations between mutual funds and brokerage firms influence sell-side analyst recommendations. Using a unique data set that discloses brokerage firms' commission income derived from each mutual fund client as well as the... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment Funds

January 2001
Book Review

Taking the Bias out of Bean Counting

By: Max Bazerman and G. Loewenstein

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Accounting

18 Apr 2016
News

How to Take the Bias Out of Interviews

01 Sep 1979
Conference Presentation

Insecurity Begets Negativity: A Bias in Interpersonal Evaluation

By: Teresa M. Amabile

Keywords: Behavior; Emotions; Prejudice and Bias

01 Apr 2019
What Do You Think?

Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?

scanrail SUMMING UP: Is Modern Monetary Theory a Fancy Term for Today’s Reality? Modern monetary theory (MMT) is “silly thinking” (Andy), “a totally unproven theory” (Alex), a “free lunch” (John), and “questionable economics for certain”... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

14 Sep 2015
Video

2015 G&WS: Erin Hennes Presents “Testing Interventions to Reduce Gender Bias in STEM Fields”

25 Apr 2016
News

#AirbnbWhileBlack: How Hidden Bias Shapes The Sharing Economy

02 Mar 2022
News

How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces

17 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups

basketball fan and a sociologist, began looking at the NBA several years ago as an ideal field in which to study the insidious effects of discrimination. “Racial bias is really hard to measure,” Zhang says.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

December 2007
Article

Bias in Jury Selection: Justifying Prohibited Peremptory Challenges

By: Michael I. Norton, Samuel R. Sommers and Sara Brauner

2016
Working Paper

Bias in Official Fiscal Forecasts: Can Private Forecasts Help?

By: Jeffrey A. Frankel and Jesse Schreger

Government forecasts of GDP growth and budget balances are generally more over optimistic than private sector forecasts. When official forecasts are especially optimistic relative to private forecasts ex ante, they are more likely also to be over optimistic relative to... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Macroeconomics