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.
Goodyear, the strategic investor in Firma Oponiarska Dębica (a producer of bicycle tyres and inner tubes and of tyres and wheels for automobiles), is planning to reduce Firma Oponiarska Dębica's workforce (now at 3,200) by 150 people. The company is explaining these plans in terms of the need to remain competitive and to bring down production costs.
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