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.
Pharmaceutical multinational GlaxoSmithKline has announced 121 redundancies at its plant in County Cork. GSK has attributed the job losses to declining demand for certain drugs it manufactures. The company currently employs 460 people in manufacturing and research and development at the County Cork site.
Eurofound (2010), GlaxoSmithKline, Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 71005, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71005.