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 25 June 2009, steel producer Corus (part of Tata) announced it will scrap another 2000 jobs. The majority will be lost in the UK. In the Netherlands, 123 jobs will be lost in the tube production plant in Arnhem. The need for job losses is attributed to the recession.
Eurofound (2009), Corus, Internal restructuring in European Union, factsheet number 69212, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69212.