Agree that I'm exaggerating on the subtle bit, but I don't think it is a particularly close call that if had a meeting discussing openly discriminating against black candidates and someone objected and was told "Read the room" that their suit is getting settled *immediately.*
@patio11
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Legal Realism: When High-Status Institutions Ignore Law
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I am willing to credit legal realism to a degree, and know that many sophisticated people thought “Oh sure the law says that but all high-status institutions are doing the other thing and in case of conflict we win.” Cultures change over time and sometimes rapidly.
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Workplace Discrimination Legal Standards and Corporate Accountability
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Also, relatedly, “hostile work environment” is a layup. Traditional standard is “You persistently made people feel subtly unwelcome.” Facts on ground are “You openly announced discriminatory intent, repeatedly, while forcing employees to endorse it.”
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Legal Risks of Diversity Initiatives in Tech Engineering
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And the evidentiary record in many coming cases will include “Management did a recorded Zoom call saying, and this is a quote, ‘Everyone knows we have too many white and Asian males in engineering. We are working urgently to diversify the pipeline in Q3.’”
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Legal Regimes Targeting Systemic Discrimination Through Code Word Detection
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Our entire jurisprudential regime here is based around “OK society moved on and basically nobody is openly racist anymore but orgs are riven with secret racists who are coming up with increasingly elaborate code words and we need to ferret those practices out.”
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Hiring Practices Rarely Subtle or Restrained
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I think people who have not been involved in hiring think things were subtle and restrained. Hah, hah, hah.
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Employment discrimination practices in major institutions under scrutiny
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Honestly I think this is not going to be nearly as material as the reams upon reams of “As all good people must, we intend to discriminate in employment in the hiring of this candidate” of paper trail institutions have been splashing around internally and externally.
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AI System Capability to Read Between Lines Discussed
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Huh, I notice I am… unsurprised that a computer can read between these lines.
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Social Trust Erosion and Systemic Consequences in Digital Age
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"It depends." It has been widely publicly reported and rumored that much of the high trust which society depends on is being abused by more people than is historically typical in recent years. There might eventually be a reaction in the material universe in some systems.
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AI Authentication Legal Liability in Real Estate Contracts
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If same thing happens in a real estate situation, "Yeah that was not really me in the room signing that", their lawyer is going to have some Pointed Questions and eventually your lawyer is going to have some Carefully Worded Professional Advice.