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 1st September, the French subsidiary of T-Systems (Deutsche Telekom group) announced its intention to cut 324 jobs as part of an internal reorganization effort. The union, CFDT, said that all sites will be affected, including major sites like Villepinte and La Defense. The union is also concerned about the Nantes (Loire-Atlantique, 80 employees) site. Unfortunately there will be only a few voluntary departures, most of the workforce reduction will come in the form of direct dismissals.
Eurofound (2010), T-Systems, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 70881, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70881.