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.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority announced plans to close Sellafield's mixed oxide fuel (Mox) nuclear fuel processing plant cutting 800 jobs. The closure is blamed on the Japanese earthquake which affected Mox production.
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