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.
Former state-owned Telecommunications company Eircom has concluded a restructuring deal with trade unions which will result in 1,200 redundancies over a two year period. The deal with unions also incorporates a moratorium on salaries for two years from June 2009 and reductions of some employee benefits such as allowances for food and travel by one quarter. The company says the deal is the first phase of a restructuring plan, and that discussions on possible further measures are to commence straightaway.
Eurofound (2009), Eircom, Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 68902, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68902.