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.
Endeva is a company that provides call centre and ditribution services to other companies.
After loosing a contract with Argos, Endeva announced a restructuring plan involving more than 600 jobs in 40 locations around Britain.
Amicus, the trade union for Endeva's employees, threatened to sue the company for not honouring the workers' contracted redundancy payments.
Managment argues the company hasn't got any funds.
Eurofound (2003), Endeva, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 59095, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/59095.