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.
El Corte Inglés, a Spanish department store chain, has announced that it has created 639 new jobs in Jaen with the opening of a new store on 29th November 2007. The new store measures approximately 85,000 square metres. The firm has stated that other sites in Jaen, where 247 are employed, will continue to operate. Small businesses within the city have voiced concern as to the impact that the new store will have upon their trade within the city.
Eurofound (2007), El Corte Inglés, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 66058, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66058.