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.
NHS Lothian has announced plans to cut 700 jobs. The cuts are part of a £31m cuts drive for 2010-11. The organisation said it wanted to reduce the number of agency and bank staff it uses.The job cuts are expected to be made by not replacing workers who leave or retire. The redundancies involve 333 nurses and are expected to take effect during this financial year and the next.
Eurofound (2010), NHS Lothian, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 70596, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70596.