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.
Energy company Essent announced on 11 August 2008 that it is to cut around 500 jobs by early 2010. No or only a few forced dismissals are expected. The job losses are attributed to the unbundling of network activities as required by the government.
Eurofound (2008), Essent, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 67172, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67172.