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.
Stampen Media, a Swedish media company operating daily newspaper along the West coast, is to lay off 100 employees. The dismissals will affect mainly the advertising department, although cuts will also extend across all divisions.
According to the CEO, the company is forced to cut costs due to a decline in the advertising market which has heavily impacted the company's revenue. However they will continuing investing in their digital product.
Stampen Media is a Swedish media group with around 1,500 employees in total.
Eurofound (2023), Stampen Media, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 200305, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200305.