This AI Tool Helps Companies Eliminate Hiring Bias in the Name of Productivity

In this series, The Way We Work, Entrepreneur Associate Editor Lydia Belanger examines how people foster productivity, focus, collaboration, creativity and culture in the workplace. If your criminal record is a clean slate, you probably don't think too much about background checks. But probability suggests it's almost certain that someone you work with has one. What constitutes a criminal record can range from minor to major crimes, from fishing without a license to speeding to driving under the influence to murder. But historically, some background check processes haven't distinguished among offenses of varying degrees. The Ban the Box movement has pushed to remove the "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?"