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.
Water company United Utilities has announced that it is to cut up to 260 as part of a business restructure. Management plans to cut costs and is hoping to make the job cuts by offering staff voluntary redundancy. The company is negotiating with trade union Unite over the ways in which cuts can be made while maintaining business strength and customer service.
Unite has said that it is disappointed with the job cut announcement blaming inefficiencies on "management issues"
Eurofound (2009), United Utilities, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69822, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69822.