The headings and subheadings are strongly recommended to structure the business report. The Harvard Referencing Style is required.ETHICAL DILEMMA WILL ROBOTS STEAL OUR JOBS? I heard on the radio today that robots are going to make many of us economically valueless, says Cathy OSullivan, HR manager for Star Industries as she takes a bite from her sandwich. Thatsa bit scary, but it sounds plausible. Whats going to happen to such people? asks Peter Vivakis, CFO. I guess if you cant earn a living wage you join the welfare queue, replies Chris Moore, production manager. That sounds like higher taxes and moresocial problems to me, interjects Wendy Smith, IT manager. I agree, says Peter. Unequal societies are not happy ones. You know, I read somewhere that some academics reckon that almost 50 per cent of US jobs are at risk from automation,161 says Cathy. And its not just the unskilled, adds Chris. The jobs of bankers, lawyers, financial advisors and the like are also under threat. Robots are going to significantly change the way we all live and work.162 Traditional career paths are going to disappear. What is more worrying is that some young people will never secure a permanent full-time job, interjects Cathy. Their future is unemployment or at best underemployment. The division between the employed and the jobless is going to get worse. Yes, and massive youth unemployment means civil unrest, says Peter. We need to find smarter ways of working to create growth, promote investment and improve the education of our young. The question is will automation make our lives better or worse? It seems to me that there are going to be many losers, says Chris. Automation is going to be very stressful for those who lose their jobs. I dont know what I would do if I couldnt work, says Wendy. Me too, Peter says in agreement. Perhaps we would all be better off without robots and their job destroying capabilities, Chris offers. But not if they take on the boring, repetitive work, says Cathy. And the dirty and dangerous jobs, adds Peter. Automation sounds great, providing that workers canacquire new skills and are able to relocate to where the jobs are, but I remain sceptical, says Chris. How do we know that there will be enough better quality jobs available or that new jobs will be created quickly enough to replace the jobs taken overby robots? Wendy asks. And think of the industrial relations implications. Some unions could lose all their members, adds Cathy.The workplace clearly is going to be revolutionised, says Peter. Everything will be more efficient. Productivity willreceive a major boost. We should all be much better off. I agree, says Cathy, but with the qualifier that you have one of the good jobs supervising the robots. Which means you must have the required skillswithout them you will be road kill. It all sounds terribly depressing, says Wendy. You know, what really worries me is that we could become a society with more losers than winners, says Chris. Alas, I must agree, sighs Peter, but one can hardly be a Luddite and stop all technical progress. Chris nods his head in agreement and says, I see the former Treasury Secretary says Australians are in denial about the risks of a fall in our standards of living and that we are ill prepared to meet future challenges or to seize the opportunities ahead.163 Perhaps as the lucky country we have run out of luck? Peter offers. More like a lack of hard work! Wendy says. Its obvious that our education system is failing. We need to focus on STEM subjects and not on some of the fluffy nonsense that passes for education today. Most of the new jobs that will be created in the next decade will require science, technology, engineering and maths. If people dont have these skills, they will be unemployable. I agree, says Cathy, and Id add that ourlabour laws make it more difficult for investors to establish new businesses, create new jobs and want to hire more people.164 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1.What ethical issues are raised in this case? 2.What are your views regardingthe economic, political and social implications of automation? 3.What are some of the possible major implications of automation for HRM and HR managers? 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