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.
Kentucky Fried Chicken, a fast food restaurant, has announced the creation of 9,000 new jobs in the UK by February 2012. The chain, which currently operates 760 outlets in the UK, has seen demand for its cheap food increase with the current economic slowdown. The company has stated that these jobs will be created across the UK in the next three to five years. It is not known how many people are currently employed in the UK by the chain.
Eurofound (2009), Kentucky Fried Chicken, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68279, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68279.