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.
Peacocks, a retailer, has announced that it is to expand its number of stores with the creation of 750 new jobs. The company currently employs around 5,000 people at its 526 stores, but plans to open a further 50 stores over the next two years. The retailer has seen demand for its low-price clothes increase as a result of current financial conditions.
Eurofound (2009), Peacocks, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67780, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67780.