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.
Virgin Atlantic, an airline company, has announced that it is to cut 600 jobs. The Crawley-based company, which employs 8,400 people, has stated that it is cutting costs as it has reduced the prices of its tickets in order to increase demand. As of 15 February 2009 no announcement has been made as to when these jobs will be cut.
Eurofound (2009), Virgin Atlantic, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68159, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68159.