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.
Leeds City Council is to axe 300 jobs in the coming year in a bid to cut costs in a tough economic climate. The council leader said that "resources are so tight that simply keeping frontline services going is itself a major challenge". As of 4 March 2010 there is no further information on the case.
Eurofound (2010), Leeds City Council, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 70265, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70265.