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From principlism to practice: a five-principle safeguard framework for workplace AI

Sep 2026 · AI and Ethics · Vol 6 · 0 citations · 31 references

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The article develops a Five-Principle Workplace AI Safeguard Matrix that links each principle to design evidence, organisational evidence and worker-facing evidence, and proposes Occupational AI Safeguard Rounds as a recurring interdisciplinary review practice connecting ethics, engineering, participation and redress.

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