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.
Principles, a clothing retailer, has made 100 staff redundant at its head office in Central London. More jobs are expected to be cut from the chain, which has gone into administration, with administrators planning to close 66 of the company's 85 stores. 2,300 staff are currently employed by the company.
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