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.
On 18 November 2008, the airline Cityline announced that it would cut around 500 jobs by 2010. A company spokesperson explained that Cityline business was not profitable. Therefore the current workforce of around 2,500 staff is to be reduced by approximately 20%. The fleet will lose 14 jets. Cityline is a Lufthansa affiliate for which it serves European destinations.
Eurofound (2008), Cityline, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 67437, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67437.