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.
Northumberland Foods Limited, a manufacturer of frozen potato products, has announced plans to close its factory resulting in the loss of 250 jobs. According to the administrators, the closure is attributed to the lack of interested parties and the company's substantial funding requirement in order to continue trading.
Eurofound (2010), Northumberland Foods Limited, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 70837, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70837.