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.
Aviva, Britains largest insurer, announced it would close its national broker subsidiary, Hill House Hammond (HHH), with the loss of 1,600 jobs. The closure will be effective by the end of 2004. 1,200 compulsory redundancies are announced. Another 400 people will be redeployed in Norwich Union, Avivas UK insurance arm. Management put forward the increased popularity of telephone and internet-based direct insurers to explain the closure of HHHs 280 high-street shops. On 7 February 2004, Aviva announced operating profits for last year of £1.9 billion, more than in 2002 and £200 million ahead of the average analysts forecast.
Eurofound (2004), Hill House Hammond (HHH), Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 59867, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/59867.