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.
Renault, the French automobile manufacturer, has announced that it is to dismiss 5,000 to 6,000 persons out of 47,000 employed in Europe due to the "deterioration of the macroeconomic environment". The management said that the reorganisation will be implemented on a voluntary basis. Apart Sandouville in France, the direction did not give any information concerning the sites which will be affected by the reorganisation.
More detailed information on the job cuts at Renault in France and Europe is available on the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO).
Eurofound (2008), Renault, Internal restructuring in European Union, factsheet number 66927, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66927.