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.
Computing manufacturer Acer plans is to cut 300 jobs in Europe over the next few months. The job losses are due to large losses in the region and profits which have fallen short of forecasts.
Eurofound (2011), Acer, Internal restructuring in European Union, factsheet number 72079, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72079.