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 Children's Society is set to cut 115 jobs — more than 10% of its workforce — in a bid to save £5 million a year. The charity has been experiencing financial difficulties for years. At a time when charities are operating in a very competitive climate, it is essential to be able to demonstrate to donors that their money is well spent, i.e. spent on beneficiaries, not staff. Unions point out that these cost reduction measures take very little into account the increasing problems of stress and burn-out of staff in the voluntary sector.
Eurofound (2003), Children's Society, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 59228, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/59228.