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.
Piaggio Aero Industries produces executive aircrafts. Sales and economic performance has been improving since the company was taken over by new owners five years ago. Now, the company is implementing a restructuring process which will involve some 150 redundancies among indirect workers, mainly white-collars and including managers. Job reductions will be ensured through soft measures and essentially by 'accompanying' to retirement workers who are close to retirement age.
Eurofound (2003), Piaggio Aero Industries, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 60184, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60184.