“This Position Requires Some Alteration of Your Brain”: On the Moral and Legal Issues of Using Neurotechnology to Modify Employees

Employers have long had programs for improving employee attitude and performance, from the simple such as free coffee in the break room to the more extensive such as gyms, counseling, team-building seminars, and skills training. Employees have also long used techniques for making themselves more com...

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Authors: Hopkins, Patrick D. (Author) ; Fiser, Harvey L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2017
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 144, Issue: 4, Pages: 783-797
Further subjects:B Brain scans
B employment law
B Nootropics
B Adderall
B Americans with Disabilities Act
B cognitive enhancement
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