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.
Nottingham City Council, a public sector body responsible for administration of state services in Nottingham, is to cut 400 jobs. The job losses have been attributed to local councils’ needs to reduce spending to meet their budgets. It is not known how many jobs will remain at the council and, as of 18 January 2009, no announcement has been made as to when these jobs will be lost.
Eurofound (2009), Nottingham City Council, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67811, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67811.