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 29 July 2009 Mediq, an international retail and distribution company for pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, announced that it will cut 200 jobs by the end of 2010. These job losses come on top of the 250 job cuts reported in 2008 and are attributed to the government measures to cut the costs in the healthcare sector.
Eurofound (2009), Mediq, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 69784, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69784.