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.
Turbine blade maker Alcoa Howmet announced plans to cut 95 jobsĀ in Exeter. The cuts were blamed on the recession and they were considered essential in order to ensure the long-term future of the plant. As of 25 January 2010 there is no further information on the case.
Eurofound (2010), Alcoa Howmet, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 70088, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70088.