Continuing the Work: Why AEDT Governance Matters
I’m proud to share that I have earned the ForHumanity Trained Expert – AEDT badge.
AEDT stands for Algorithmic Employment Decision Tools — the automated or algorithmic systems increasingly being used in employment-related decisions, including hiring, screening, promotion, performance evaluation, and workforce management.
This training was especially meaningful because it sits at the intersection of several issues I care deeply about: ethics, compliance, governance, fairness, accountability, and human-centered decision-making.
As organizations continue to adopt AI and automated tools, one thing is becoming very clear: technology may move quickly, but accountability cannot be allowed to lag behind.
When an organization uses an algorithmic tool to help make decisions about people’s jobs, careers, livelihoods, or opportunities, the compliance questions become very real:
Who reviewed the tool before it was deployed?
Was the system tested for bias?
Can the organization explain how the tool is being used?
Is there appropriate documentation?
Are vendors being properly evaluated?
Are employees and applicants being treated fairly?
Is there meaningful human oversight?
And perhaps most importantly: who owns the risk?
These are not abstract questions. They are governance questions. They are culture questions. They are ethics questions.
For me, earning this badge reflects my continued commitment to helping organizations think more carefully about how AI and automated systems are introduced into the workplace. Compliance cannot simply react after harm occurs. It has to be part of the conversation before the tool is purchased, before the vendor is selected, before the system is deployed, and before people are affected by decisions they may not fully understand.
The future of work will include AI. That part is already here.
The question is whether organizations will build systems that are responsible, transparent, accountable, and aligned with their values — or whether they will treat governance as an afterthought.
I believe compliance professionals have an important role to play in this moment. We can help translate complex regulatory expectations into practical processes. We can ask the hard questions. We can bring legal, HR, technology, procurement, leadership, and operations together. We can help ensure that innovation does not come at the expense of fairness or trust.
Earning the ForHumanity Trained Expert – AEDT badge is one more step in that work.
And it reinforces something I have believed for a long time:
Ethical decision-making does not disappear when technology enters the room.
It becomes even more important.
ForHumanity is an organization focused on the independent audit, governance, and oversight of AI, algorithmic, and autonomous systems. Its work is especially relevant in today’s environment, where organizations are rapidly adopting technology that can influence decisions about employment, access, opportunity, privacy, and fairness.
What I appreciate about ForHumanity’s approach is that it treats AI governance as something that must be practical, auditable, and accountable. It is not enough to say that a system is fair or responsible. Organizations need criteria, documentation, oversight, testing, and a clear understanding of who owns the risk.
That is why this training was meaningful to me. The use of Algorithmic Employment Decision Tools is growing, and compliance professionals need to be ready to ask the right questions before these tools are deployed — not after harm occurs.
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