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.
DFS, UK based chair and sofa retailer, has announced that it is to continue with expansion plans to create 300 jobs despite a fall in its profits. The group currently operates 82 stores and plans to open a further three by July 2012. The group also intends to create some new jobs in its manufacturing operations.
A timeline for the creation of jobs is not yet known.
Eurofound (2011), DFS, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 72871, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72871.