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.
In early August 2008, paper manufacturer Sappi announced that it is to cut 175 jobs (about 25% of the total workforce) by the end of 2008. The job losses are attributed to rising energy costs and prices of raw materials and the weak US-dollar.
Eurofound (2008), Sappi, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 67168, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67168.