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.
On September 13th maintenance and repair company Connaught, which specializes in social housing contracts, announced another round of layoffs bringing the total to 1400 job losses. Administrators hope that that up to 600 of these redundant employees can be employed by firms who bought the 8 contracts from the insolvent Connaught, which has a debt of approximately £220 million.
Eurofound (2010), Connaught, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 71082, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71082.