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.
British Gas has announced plans to cut about 300 jobs in Leicester in a bid to reduce costs. The jobs will be outsourced and the move is part of company plans to remain competitive. The company aims at providing support to the employees affected by the restructuring.
Eurofound (2012), British Gas, Outsourcing in United Kingdom, factsheet number 73390, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73390.