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.
On 11 March 2009, Nedcar announced that it will cut 200 jobs. These are all employees that were fired in 2004 and 2005 and then rehired in 2008. Demand has dropped by more than 30%. The unions fear that the company will cut more jobs in the future.
Eurofound (2009), Nedcar, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 68622, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68622.