Remove the name feature from the design so the identified: Applying a risk mitigation hierarchy that prefers
A risk mitigation hierarchy prioritizes eliminating the hazard at its source, so removing the bias-encoding feature ranks first over transfer or acceptance.
The question
During design of a recruiting AI, the team identifies that including candidates' names risks encoding demographic bias. Options on the table are to remove names entirely, to add a contractual clause shifting liability to the vendor, to buy insurance against discrimination claims, or to document the risk and proceed. Applying a risk mitigation hierarchy that prefers eliminating harm at the source, which option should rank first?
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- Add a contractual clause transferring liability to the vendor so responsibility for any resulting discrimination sits with the party that supplied the model.Plausible because liability transfer is a real treatment, but it reassigns responsibility rather than removing the harm, so it ranks below elimination in the hierarchy.
- Remove the name feature from the design so the identified source of demographic bias is eliminated before the model is ever trained on it. ✓Correct because a mitigation hierarchy prioritizes eliminating the hazard at its source, and removing the bias-encoding feature does exactly that rather than shifting or accepting the risk.
- Purchase insurance covering discrimination claims so the organization is financially protected if the system produces a biased hiring outcome later on.Plausible because risk transfer via insurance is legitimate, but it only offsets financial consequences and leaves the underlying bias in place, ranking below elimination.
- Document the bias risk in the register and proceed with the current design so the team retains a record while continuing development on schedule.Plausible because documenting is necessary, but accepting the risk without removing the hazard is the lowest tier of the hierarchy, not the first choice.
The trap
Ranking risk transfer (contracts, insurance) or acceptance ahead of eliminating the hazard at its source. How to remember it
A risk mitigation hierarchy prioritizes eliminating the hazard at its source, so removing the bias-encoding feature ranks first over transfer or acceptance.
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