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.
Ahold's Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn plans to cut approximately 370 jobs throughout its store network. The cuts are a consequence of Albert Heijn's decision to scrap its management assistant positions. 'The 370 management assistants don't know when their jobs will be cut and what the consequences will be,' said the unions.
Eurofound (2005), Albert Heijn, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 62747, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62747.