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.
US computer chipmaker Intel has announced its restructuring plan involving the closure of four manufacturing sites with the loss of 5,000 to 6,000 jobs worldwide by the end of 2009. However, not all employees will leave Intel as some may be offered positions at other facilities.
Eurofound (2009), Intel, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 67909, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67909.