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.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced that about 250 jobs are to go in a bid to cut costs. Chief executive Dr Frank Harsent has confirmed £20m savings need to be found before the end of March. It is anticipated the majority of the job losses will be implemented through natural turnover and retirements, transfer of roles into community-based care, and making the best use of the skills of existing staff.
Eurofound (2011), Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 72061, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72061.