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.
Dundee University has announced that it plans to cut almost 200 jobs. The plans were met with opposition from University and College Union (UCU) members who voted in favour of strike action and all action short of a strike. The university has said that it is hoping to make the cuts in order to cope with spending cuts.
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