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.
Pharmaceutical firm Elan has announced 115 redundancies in Athlone and Dublin. The company has said the redundancies are part of what it calls a strategic review process, according to the company. The job losses will affect Elan's 'fill-finished' operation in Athlone and at its biological planning operations in Dublin and Athlone.
Eurofound (2009), Elan, Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 68340, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68340.