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.
Food service chain Pret A Manger has recently announced plans to create 500 new jobs in the UK by the end of 2013. This job creation is part of a larger worldwide business plan (Pret A Manger-WO2013). The sandwich chain has recently launched a school-leavers’ programme aiming to increase the number of British workers. For information on previously announced business expansions see Pret A Manger-UK2012.
Eurofound (2013), Pret A Manger, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 75297, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75297.