Ethics in the digital workplace
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
UK Coal announced the shutting of Ellington Colliery with the loss of 340 jobs. This was the last deep mine in the north east of England. Desperate efforts were made to stem the huge quantities of water pouring into the production unit at the Ellington Colliery in Northumberland with only limited success. This follows the closure by UK Coal of the largest coal complex in Europe - at Selby in summer 2004.
Eurofound (2005), UK Coal, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61060, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61060.