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 are rationalising jobs at their nuclear submarine yard at Barrow in Furness. The company is seeking to lose 760 jobs over the next year. Unions have criticised the move, saying it will have a devastating effect on the region.
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