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.
Carillion Energy Services, a supplier of heating and renewable energy, has announced plans to close down its Hull Warmsure office resulting in the loss of 150 jobs. The closure is blamed on a government decision to halve the amount of money people receive for selling solar energy to the national grid.
A 90-day consultation period between employer and employees was launched in December.
Eurofound (2012), Carillion Energy Services, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 73110, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73110.