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.
East and North Herts NHS (National Health Service) Trust has made 160 medical secretaries redundant, according to a representative from the Trade Union Unison. The redundancies have occurred as a result of the trust's decision to outsource typing services to India. Unions have reacted with anger to the move.
Eurofound (2006), East and North Herts NHS Trust, Offshoring/Delocalisation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63753, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63753.