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.
Rileys, a snooker clubs company, is to close 30 of its 159 sites across the UK with the loss of 200 jobs. The cuts are blamed on a downturn in trade and large debts. As of 25 March 2009 no date has been announced for the implementation of the job losses.
Eurofound (2009), Rileys, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68608, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68608.