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.
Lending company Provident has announced plans to cut 493 jobs. The company which has its headquarters in Yorkshire has said that the job losses will be spread over offices across the country. The job roles at risk include administrative clerks and their managers, and front-line managers. The job losses are a result of a new technology which has allowed the company to move from paper-based systems. The jobs are currently under consultation and the final number of redundancies will be confirmed when this has concluded.
Eurofound (2015), Provident, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 79361, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/79361.