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.
Cattles, a low-income lender, announced plans to cut 510 jobs from its lending operations. The company is in debt and therefore aims to cut costs further proceeding with the closure of 30 branches. Its shares have been suspended since April 2009 after the deadline to publish its 2008 results was missed. The company has entered a consultation period with affected staff.
Eurofound (2009), Cattles, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69833, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69833.