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 multinational Enterprise ABB has announced the intention to apply for a redundancy procedure affecting 99 employees at its plant located in Trápaga (Basque Country). As of May 2011, there is no information either about the causes of this restructuring or the timeline of the job cuts.
Eurofound (2011), ABB, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 72013, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72013.