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.
Automotive manufacturer TRW has announced plans to create 130 new jobs at its site in Sunderland. The site which will assemble electric motors for steering systems is creating the extra jobs following success in research and development. The factory will be extended in order to add these new jobs to the 200 already at the company; support has been provided by the Regional Growth Fund of £1.95 million to part fund the extension. The company is investing £4.6 million of its own into the project. Recruitment for the new positions is expected to begin in the second half of 2015.
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