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.
Fast food chain McDonald's is set to create 2,500 new jobs across the UK while piloting a 'family friendly' style of restaurant. According to the company, 30% of the jobs will go to first-time workers while more than 50% of the jobs will go to people under 25 years old.
McDonald's employs around 87,500 people in the UK.
Eurofound (2012), McDonald's, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 73293, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73293.