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.
Southern University Hospital has announced plans to cuts 400 jobs in Essex. The cuts are blamed on the current economic climate and the transfer of some of its services to the community that have resulted in a decline in income. The cuts will affect both clinical and administrative staff while unions worry that patient care will also be affected.
Eurofound (2010), Southern University Hospital, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 70597, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70597.