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.
On 31 March, fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) announced its plan to open more than 40 new restaurants in the UK and Ireland. This step will create around 1,600 jobs across the two countries by the end of 2013. Moreover there are plans for the refurbishment of 160 existing outlets. KFC UK & Ireland, which forms part of the Yum! Brands group currently employs around 24,000 staff.
Eurofound (2013), Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), Business expansion in European Union, factsheet number 75205, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75205.