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.
Przewozy Regionalne, a Polish rail operator, announced a restructuring plan that involves 700 layoffs. The trade union representatives (over 100 people) protested in front of the company's Warsaw office and demanded consultation over the restructuring plan. The president of the company informed them that due to the company's bad financial situation, the restructuring plan has to be implemented. Press releases on the subject inform that the company is deeply in debt and the aim of the restructuring is to save costs.
Eurofound (2010), Przewozy Regionalne, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 70400, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70400.