From 3-5 July, the 41st EGOS Colloquium took place at the Alba Graduate Business School | The American College of Greece. The “Lehrstuhl Arbeit, Personal und Führung” was represented in the sub-theme ‘(Ir)responsible Uses of Technologies and Human-Centered Future of Work’ with four people and two research papers.
Daniel Lupp, Niklas Obermann and Uta Wilkens presented their paper ‘Towards AI governance in DAX40: A typology of organisational guidelines for self-regulation’ in the. The paper focuses on a typology of AI guidelines in DAX40 companies, showing how organisations use them as governance mechanisms to ensure responsible use of AI. The paper shows that most organisations have so far primarily addressed technology-related challenges. Only a few organisations pursue a comprehensive socio-technical approach that also takes into account challenges relating to employees or organisations. By analysing the content of the guidelines, the paper contributes to a better understanding of the AI governance mechanism and also provides important impetus for practice.
Valentin Langholf and Uta Wilkens presented their paper ‘Exploring contextualised interpretations of responsible AI practices’. The paper deals with ethical principles for the responsible use of AI in work processes and explores the question of how the translation of these principles into concrete practices is shaped by the respective context. To this end, a literature analysis was carried out, which revealed similarities in the understanding of ethical principles (e.g. justice, non-harmfulness) but also divergent understandings (e.g. transparency, autonomy), especially for the application context of radiology. Regional differences (Europe, North America) but also other contextual factors play a role in explaining these differences.
Many thanks go to the sub-theme chairs Aizhan Tursunbayeva, Luigi Moschera and Daniel Samaan for the excellent organisation and the inspiring compilation of diverse contributions on the responsible use of technology. Special thanks also go to Nhien Nguyen, Daniel Samaan and Florian Krause for their nuanced comments and suggestions for the further development of the contributions.