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.
Bombardier Aerospace, a manufacturer of aircrafts, is to cut 975 jobsĀ from its factories in Northern Ireland. The cuts are blamed on an 'unprecedented recession' and they will affect 310 permanent staff and 665 agency staff. The company stated that it hopes to achieve most of the cuts through voluntary redundancies. As of 6 April 2009 there is no information on when the job losses will occur.
Eurofound (2009), Bombardier Aerospace, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68661, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68661.