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.
Czech Coal Group, one of the major producers of brown coal in the Czech Republic, announced its restructuring plan. The company intends to dismiss one third of administrative staff in the first part of 2006 in order to lower wage costs, increase productivity and keep competitiveness. A further flow of dismissals would continue in 2007. About 3,000 people would loose their jobs by 2017 when ČSA mine is expected to be closed. Thousands of jobs would be threatened within linking activities.
Eurofound (2006), Mostecká uhelná a.s., Internal restructuring in Czechia, factsheet number 63055, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63055.