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.
The Red Cross aid agency in Sweden has announced on September 21 2010 that 150 of 450 employees will be dismissed and a major number of the local offices throughout Sweden will be closed. The restructuring plan is designed to increase efficiency. The Red Cross effectuated the restructuring in December 2010.
Eurofound (2010), Red Cross, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 70955, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70955.