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.
SIG, a manufacturer of insulation, is to cut 100 jobs at its site in Sheffield. The firm employs 10,000 people in the UK, although as of 18 January 1009 no further information is available as to the reasons behind this decision, or when the jobs will be lost.
Eurofound (2009), SIG, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67828, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67828.