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.
Poundland, a retailer, is to create 1,000 jobs across the UK during the next year as it opens 30 more stores. The company, which specialises in low-cost products, has seen sales increase as a result of current economic conditions. The form currently employs 4,540 people across its 201 stores.
Eurofound (2009), Poundland, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67820, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67820.