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.
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has announced plans to cut about 200 jobs as part of a savings plans aimed at filling financial gaps.
According to a Unison trade union representative, the anticipated cuts could affect front line staff and impact on patient care.
As of August 2012, no timeline has been given for the implementation of the job losses.
Eurofound (2012), Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 74028, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74028.