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.
Financial services organisation Provident Financial has announced that it is to cut 170 jobs. The company blamed the job cuts on a drop in demand. The majority of roles affected are low level management positions.
Eurofound (2013), Provident Financial, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 75501, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75501.