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.
Psion PLC, a manufacturer of mobile computers and hand-held devices for offices, is to cut 200 jobs in the UK by the end of 2008. The job losses reflect falling demand; the number of orders has declined while companies postpone IT projects. As of November 2008 there is no further information on the job cuts.
Eurofound (2008), Psion PLC, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67377, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67377.