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.
EWS, a rail freight company, is to cut 530 jobs across the UK.The company, which is based in Doncaster, employs around 5,000 people across the UK, but has seen demand drop dramatically.As of 7 December 2008, no announcement has been made as to when these jobs will be cut.
Eurofound (2008), EWS, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67587, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67587.