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.
Arcelor Mittal, the world’s top steel manufacturer, has announced that it is to cut 1,560 jobs by the end of 2008 in order to increase efficiency. The company currently employs 10,411. In total, Arcelor Mittal employs 320.000 people in 60 countries across the world. The company has plants in Świętochłowice, Sosnowiec, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Zdzieszowice, and Kraków.
Eurofound (2008), Arcelor Mittal, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 66756, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66756.