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.
Thompson Plastics, a manufacturer which makes parts for caravan production, has closed with the loss of 218 jobs. The closure of the company, based in Hessle in East Yorkshire, has been blamed on reduction in demand for caravans and thus for the components made by Thompson.
Eurofound (2009), Thompson Plastics, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68166, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68166.