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.
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An amusement park, Wicksteed Park located in Kettering in Northampstonshire has been placed into administration resulting in the loss of 115 jobs, comprised of 48 full-time and 67 part-time and other jobs. The company has gone into administration due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The park, owned by the Wicksteed Charitable Trust, opened almost a century ago, making it one of the oldest theme parks in the United Kingdom. The costs of running the business were high and if it was to re-open after shutdown restrictions were relaxed, the costs of implementing social distancing measures and reduced footfall wouldn' t have been financially viable.
Eurofound (2020), Wicksteed Park, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 101268, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101268.