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.
Carphone Warehouse, a telecommunications retailer, is to cut 400 jobs across the UK. The company, which employs 12500 of its 21400 staff in the UK, has experienced reduced demand. As of 1 March 2009 no date has been set for these cuts.
Eurofound (2009), Carphone Warehouse, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68384, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68384.