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.
KCom, a communications and IT services provider, is to cut 150 jobs at its plants in Hull, Bakefield and Hemel Hempstead. The cuts, which amount to more than 10% of the staff employed at its managed services division, are blamed on a decline in company revenues. The firm employs 2,519 staff across the UK. As of 30 January 2009 there is no information on when the job losses will occur.
Eurofound (2009), KCom, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68016, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68016.