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.
Telecoms company Talk Talk announced plans to cut 580 administrative jobs. The announcement comes as the firm seeks to integrate three separate businesses it has inherited through recent acquisitions. The firm said that 'customer-facing' staff would be relatively unaffected.The job cuts will affect staff in London, Warrington, south Manchester and Preston.
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