IBM announces genetic privacy policy |
Heard about this on CNN today and then went to Google News to find stories about it. IBM pledged that they will not use employees DNA to determine benefits elligibility and/or in the hiring decisions of prospective employees.
I.B.M., the world’s largest technology company by revenue, is promising not to use genetic information in hiring or in determining eligibility for its health care or benefits plans. Genetics policy specialists and privacy rights groups say that the I.B.M. pledge to its more than 300,000 employees worldwide appears to be the first such move by a major corporation.
Sounds like good news for those who work for IBM or might want to work for them someday. Wonder how many other companies will follow suit?
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Thought you be interested in IBM’s Harriet Pearson talking further about the genetic privacy policy on our new healthcare transformation blog, HealthNex…http://healthnex.typepad.com/web_log/2005/10/genetic_privacy.html
Comment by Jack Mason — October 12, 2005 @ 11:17 am PST