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.
Independent News and Media owns newspapers in England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. In England, it owns the Independent, the Independent on Sunday and the Belfast Telegraph. Sir Tony O'Reilly (the company's owner)announced a £38 million restructuring programme affecting 600 employees worldwide. This represents a 5% cut in the total workforce. The cuts are to take place in the clerical and back-office activities. The company has already sold its regional papers in London.
Eurofound (2003), Independent News and Media, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 59360, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/59360.