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.
Restaurant and bar group Living Ventures has announced plans to open 8 outlets in 2012 creating up to 400 new jobs. Jobs will be created in Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester. The move was attributed to customers' strong demand for dining out despite the economic climate. Funding was partly sought by Lloyds Bank.
Living Ventures is continuously expanding is business; it has opened 7 new outlets in the UK in 2011.
Eurofound (2011), Living Ventures, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 73289, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73289.