As a responsible Human Resource,you want to make sure your business runs as smoothly and efficiently as possible. However, data-driven insights must be balanced with the privacy of employees to be ethical.

While people analytics can provide valuable information for employers on team performance and individual employee growth goals, it’s important to understand the implications when collecting any sensitive personal information about employees.

In this paper, we look at the ethics of people analytics: how organizations should approach data collection from their workforce to ensure there is no violation of law or breach of employee rights.

Read on to find out more about why balancing these two elements – data-driven insight with an employee’s privacy – is essential if you want to maintain fair practices inside your organization.