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.
After negotiations with the works council, British Petroleum (BP) announced on 5 May 2009 the loss of 340 jobs at two refinery plants at Gelsenkirchen by the end of 2012. There will be no direct dismissals.
Eurofound (2009), BP, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 68864, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68864.