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.
Bristol City Council is closing seven of its area housing offices with the loss of up to 120 jobs. The closures are part of a plan to cut costs by moving jobs away from offices and shifting those tasks to a call centre. The plans seek a £4 million saving in the housing budget.
Eurofound (2005), Bristol City Council, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 62527, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62527.