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.
National Express East Anglia, a train operating company, has confirmed that it intends to cut 300 jobs. The firm runs train services in the East of England, although it is not known how many people the company employs in total. The company announced that the cuts were as a result of a review of its business. As of 18 January 2009 the company has not announced when these job cuts will occur.
Eurofound (2009), National Express East Anglia, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67835, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67835.