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.
Following the burning of part of its production site of Caen, Philips will shed 155 jobs there, out of a total of 1.212. 50 of the former Philips employees are already working for Digital Valley, an SME located on the former Philips site. The SME is expected to hire another 30 ex-Philips employees for a total of 80.
Eurofound (2004), Philips Composants, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 60618, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60618.