Ethical AI in the Workplace
The tool made the call. Someone still has to answer for it.
Most AI ethics training is a values statement with a quiz attached. Employees agree that fairness matters, pass, and go back to doing exactly what they were doing. Nothing about the actual decisions they face changes.
This workshop works the other direction, starting from the situations that come up. The summary that dropped the caveat. The screening tool that scores one group lower and nobody knows why. The customer who was not told a bot wrote the reply. The analysis that is probably fine, and would be very hard to explain if it was not.
HR and learning and development leaders use this alongside an AI policy rollout, because the policy tells people what is prohibited and this tells them how to think when the situation is not covered. Operations leaders use it where AI is touching decisions about people, money, or service. It works in regulated and public sector settings where transparency and equal treatment are obligations rather than preferences.
Content, scenarios, and examples are built around your actual work and your approved tools before delivery. Most groups train live online, and on-site in-person delivery is available by request. This workshop is available by request only, with a three participant minimum, and sits alongside our other workforce development workshops.
This course includes
- Live, instructor led half-day workshop
- Realistic cases from your own industry and tools
- Practical work on bias, transparency, privacy, and accountability
- Guidance that fits regulated and public sector obligations
- Digital learning materials and take home reference guides
- Certificate of completion for every participant
Description
The session opens where bias actually enters, which is rarely where people expect. Not malice, but training data that reflects the past, a proxy variable that stands in for something protected, and an evaluation that never checked. Participants work real examples and learn why a system can be biased without anyone intending it and without it being detectable from the output alone.
The middle is transparency and privacy. When does someone have a right to know AI was involved. What actually happens to text pasted into a tool, and why that answer differs by tool and by contract. What cannot go in regardless. Participants work through their own realistic cases rather than hypotheticals.
The last stretch is the line that matters most: which decisions a person must own. Participants learn to recognize when a recommendation is being treated as a decision, when they cannot explain an outcome and therefore should not act on it, and how to raise a concern about a tool their organization has already bought.
What You'll Learn at a Glance
- Identify where bias actually enters an AI system
- Recognize a proxy variable standing in for something protected
- Know when someone has a right to be told AI was involved
- Understand what happens to information you paste into a tool
- Recognize a recommendation being treated as a decision
- Refuse to act on an outcome you cannot explain
- Raise a concern about a tool your organization has already bought
Details
Duration
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this workshop. It is appropriate for professionals at all experience levels. Teams that need the underlying understanding of how these tools work can pair it with AI Fundamentals for the Workplace.
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Tuition
Ethical AI in the Workplace is available by request only, scheduled around your team.
- $395 per participant, with a three participant minimum
- Private training: request a custom quote. One on one sessions and teams below the three participant minimum are priced case by case
- Larger groups: request a custom quote. We price larger cohorts case by case based on group size, schedule, and delivery format
- Optional courseware: the Ethical & Responsible AI Student Guide (Logical Operations) is available at $65 per participant and is not included in the course price
Colorado state agencies, higher education institutions, cities, counties, school districts, and certified nonprofits may purchase this course directly through our State of Colorado Price Agreement. Request a quote and we will build pricing around your team.