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.
Online retailer The Hut Group has announced plans to create 1,000 new jobs. The move follows the company's acquisition of the internet service provider UK2, which will allow the business to change its platform through which it sells its beauty products. The jobs will be based in the North of England near the Hut Group's Cheshire headquarters, and it is expected that the positions will be filled over a three year period. The roles which are being created are being described as 'technology roles' and will include infrastructure and app development.
Eurofound (2017), The Hut Group, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 91183, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91183.