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.
Nortel, the Canadian telecommunications group, has announced a restructuring plan involving the reduction of its workforce by 10%, i.e. 3,500 jobs worldwide. On 1 October 2004, Nortel announced a reduced figure of 3,250 job losses. 1,400 positions would be in the US, 950 in Canada and 650 in the rest of the World.
Eurofound (2004), Nortel Networks Corporation, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 60693, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60693.