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.
Knowsley Council has announced plans to cut 400 jobs in a bid to reduce a shortfall of £30m as a result of the proposed government cuts. According to the trade union Unison, as many jobs as possible will be lost through voluntary redundancy. The job losses are likely to be implemented by end of March 2011.
Eurofound (2010), Knowsley Council, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 71176, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71176.