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.
BT Group, one of the world´s leading telecommunication providers, has announced that it will reduce the number of employees worldwide by around 15, 000 in 2010. The decision is part of cost savings initiatives following the net financial loss of GBP 977 million in the first quarter of 2009. BT Group is operating in more than 170 countries and employs about 160,000 people.
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