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.
Merck, one of the world leading pharmaceutical companies, is to cut 7,200 jobs. The job cuts are included in the 2009-2011 reorganisation plan that the company has announced on 22 October 2008.
Merck is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company. It has 59,800 employees worldwide.
Eurofound (2008), Merck, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 67358, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67358.