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.
Royal Mail closed its sorting office in Oxford resulting in the loss of 383 jobs. 224 staff have opted for voluntary redundancy, 92 will be relocated to Swindon and 61 have found alternative employment. The remaining cuts were implemented through early retirement.
Eurofound (2009), Royal Mail, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69162, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69162.