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.
Online retailer Amazon has announced that it is to create 200 jobs at its head office and a further 900 in a newly opened distribution centre in Rugeley. The retailer has announced that the jobs have been created due to the popularity of its ebook reader the Kindle.
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