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.
On 16 April 2009 Corus (steel) announced it will scrap 800 jobs in the Netherlands before the end of 2010. The unions expressed dissatisfaction, especially because Corus admitted it will face labour shartages (around 1800 employees) in 2011.
Eurofound (2009), Corus, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 68925, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68925.