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.
BAE Systems said yesterday it is to cut 1,000 jobs at two Lancashire factories during the next two years. The decision to axe 1,000 jobs at Warton and Samlesbury, some 10% of the workforce, was described as devastating and prompted calls for talks between unions, the government and the company to map out the future.
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