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.
Medical devices manufacturer Boston Scientific is to let go 150 fixed-term contract staff from its workforce of 2,500. The decision not to renew the employment contracts was made because new products, in relation to which they were specifically recruited, have now been launched.
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