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.
Cider manufacturer Bulmers has announced 120 redundancies at its County Tipperary plant as part of an internal restructuring plan. The company has attributed the redundancies to testing economic conditions, high costs, and reduced market share. Management has also produced a pay freeze. Unions and workers reacted angrily to the news.
Eurofound (2009), Bulmers, Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 68306, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68306.