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.
Gallaher, the Benson & Hedges cigarette maker is to close two Austrian factories, which affects 170 jobs, and reduce its workforce in the UK by 80. This is part of a move to relocate volume production to Poland whilst leaving overall capacity unchanged.
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