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Genetic Discrimination in the IT Workplace

Posted by timothy on from the hide-your-nail-clippings dept.

MisterTut writes "In what could be a troubling trend, one employer- the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway -was found to have secretly run unproven genetic tests on workers suffering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The company was trying to prove that they were not culpable for cases of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from which the employees were suffering. The ethical considerations of such testing, covert and illicit or not, are profound for those of us working in the IT industry."

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  1. dangerous by chez69 · · Score: 5, Funny

    when they find the slashdot reading gene, we are all screwed

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  2. Well duh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What good is science if you don't use it for evil? There are too many goody-two-shoes scientists out there. Come on, more evil science please.

  3. Gattaca by mnemonic_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks for mentioning that movie. You are the first to suggest such a connection.

  4. Re:Life imitating art? by winkydink · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because you are heavily influenced by Hollywood, science fiction & pop culture and incapable of independent, creative thought?

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