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.
Rio Tinto, one of the world´s leading mining and exploration companies, is to cut 14,000 jobs across the world. 8,500 contractor jobs and 5,500 employee positions will be cut in order to reduce operation costs by at least USD 2.5 billion per annum by the end of 2010. Severance pay costs will amount to USD 400 million. Rio Tinto employs about 112,000 people worldwide.
Eurofound (2008), Rio Tinto, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 67640, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67640.