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Within a global economy, the roles of workers, employees and jobs have changed dramatically. A great deal of today’s businesses are already conducted over the web, thus physical location is no longer a central concern. Particularly in the area of services, tasks are done virtually and do not anymore need to be carried out on-site.
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Villagonzalo, J. (2014). Ethical-Pastoral Challenges of Call Center Jobs. In: Brazal, A.M., Abraham, K. (eds) Feminist Cyberethics in Asia. Palgrave Macmillan’s Content and Context in Theological Ethics. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137395863_6
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