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 12 October 2009, Royal Bank of Scotland announced it will cut 600 jobs, out of a total of 2,400 across the Netherlands. One third of the 600 affected employees have permant contracts. The expectation is that temporary jobs will be cut first. The restructuring is part of a worldwide operation, involving the loss of 9,000 jobs.
Eurofound (2009), RBS Nederlands, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 69782, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69782.