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.
The Swedish Road Administration (Vägverket), in charge of the development and maintenance of the Swedish road network, will cut 140 jobs as a result of a work shortage. 110 administrative workers and 30 manual workers will be affected by this plan, which will hit 15 locations across the country.
Eurofound (2004), Vägverket, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 60667, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60667.