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.
Air France, one of the main airline companies, is to cut 2,500 to 3,000 jobs Europe-wide by the end of 2011. According to the company, over the next years it will be necessary to rationalize the workforce in order to cope with the drop in demand due to the recent economic crisis. There will be no forced dismissals. the jobs would go through not replacing staff who are retiring and not renewing temporary contracts. In February 2009, Air France has already announced 1,000 to 1,200 redundancies.
Eurofound (2009), Air France-KLM, Internal restructuring in European Union, factsheet number 68705, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68705.