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.
Logistics firm DPD has announced plans to create 700 new jobs in response to increased demand. The roles will be for weekend drivers in response to a 40% demand increase during 2017, which has been fuelled by the demand for next day delivery. Weekend deliveries are increasingly popular with customers who want to ensure that they are at home to receive their goods. The company also said that it has created 100 new jobs in its warehouse network to manage the higher demand. There is no information available as to when the new jobs are expected to be filled.
Eurofound (2018), DPD, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 94163, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94163.