It’s pretty common in values-driven organisations to ask for an amount of value-alignment. The other day I helped out a friend with a resume for an organisation which asked for people applying to care about their feminist mission.
In my opinion this is a reasonable thing to ask for and expect. Sharing (overarching) values improves decision-making and requiring for it can help prevent value drift in an org.
What qualifies as ‘a (sufficient) amount of value alignment’? I worked with many people who agreed with the premise of moving money to the worst off, and found the actual practices of many self-identifying EAs hard to fathom.
Also, ‘it’s pretty common’ strikes me as an insufficient argument—many practices are common and bad. More data seems needed.
It’s pretty common in values-driven organisations to ask for an amount of value-alignment. The other day I helped out a friend with a resume for an organisation which asked for people applying to care about their feminist mission.
In my opinion this is a reasonable thing to ask for and expect. Sharing (overarching) values improves decision-making and requiring for it can help prevent value drift in an org.
What qualifies as ‘a (sufficient) amount of value alignment’? I worked with many people who agreed with the premise of moving money to the worst off, and found the actual practices of many self-identifying EAs hard to fathom.
Also, ‘it’s pretty common’ strikes me as an insufficient argument—many practices are common and bad. More data seems needed.