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.
Ericsson has decided to cut 700 jobs in Sweden. This job-reduction plan, which is expected to affect 1,200 employees worldwide, is part of a broader plan aiming at reducing the number of employees from 107,000 to 47,000.
Eurofound (2003), Ericsson, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 59291, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/59291.