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.
Confidential government plans which aim to replace national fire control centres have been criticised by union leaders.
The Fire Brigades Union has said that proposals for new regional centres will lead to job cuts and put lives in danger. According to the FBU, the project will see all 46 fire control centres in England replaced by nine regional centres.
The union said the number of control room staff across England could be cut from 1,500 to 600, and called this ‘dangerous folly'.
Eurofound (2005), Central Fire Authority, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 60991, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60991.