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.
Thomson announced on 15 March 2007 the loss of 250 jobs in its factory in Anger. The company has decided to stop manufacturing of television sets in the unit. The site, with a current workforce of 600 employees, was already affected by restructuring in 2003, when 600 jobs were cut.
Eurofound (2007), Thomson, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 65169, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65169.