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.
B&Q, a retailer of furniture and household appliances, has announced plans to cut 220 jobs from its head offices in Eastleigh. The job losses were blamed on a 30 million reduction in profits. The company stated that it was offering "enhanced redundancy packages" to the affected staff.
Eurofound (2012), B&Q, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 74339, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74339.