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.
J A Magson, a toy and stationery manufacturer, has gone into administration with the loss of 160 jobs in York.The company blamed reduced demand for toys because of the current economic conditions and poor weather over the summer for its move into administration. As of 7 December 2008, a date has not yet been set for final closure of the firm.
Eurofound (2008), J A Magson, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67584, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67584.