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.
Bleak conditions on the high street has forced Sunderland-based furniture chain Durham Pine collapsed into administration putting 200 jobs at risk. The 21-year-old retailer, which has 31 outlets will continue to trade while accountants from PricewaterhouseCoopers attempt to find a buyer for the business. The furniture sector has been hit hard by the decline in consumer confidence and the end of the housing market boom.
Eurofound (2005), Durham Pine, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 62413, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62413.