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.
The Spanish-French tobacco company Altadis announced the loss of 226 jobs and the closure of two productions lines as part of internal restructuring at their Imperial Tobacco plant in Cadiz (Andalucía). Only 65 employees will remain at the Cadiz plant. In addition, the company announced future restructuring of their other Spanish plants.
Eurofound (2008), Altadis, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 66772, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66772.