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.
Food manufacturer Kwoks, which makes Oriental ready meals, has announced the loss of 180 jobs, as it closed its factory in Grimsby with immediate effect. The company said it had made the decision for financial reasons, having made a loss for the last three years.
Eurofound (2009), Kwoks, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69514, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69514.