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.
Sony Ericsson, a world leader in mobile handset industry, has announced a cost-saving plan that envisages 5,000 job cuts worldwide by the end of 2009. The job losses are attributed to a decline in the company's turnover due to the global economic crisis. Ericsson has around 84,000 employees worldwide.
Eurofound (2009), Sony Ericsson, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 68805, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68805.