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.
Birmingham City Council announced plans to cut 800 full-time jobs as a result of a £2.2bn deficit. Council leader Mike Whitby stated that the losses would be achieved by not refilling vacancies and through natural wastage. As of November 2009, the timeline for the implementation of the cuts is unknown.
Eurofound (2009), Birmingham City Council, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69860, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69860.