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.
Portuguese state owned broadcaster RTP is to terminate between 250 and 300 contracts. According to earlier press reports, the job cuts will be implemented through voluntary departures. The management explained that this restructuring is due to the need to reduce costs and increase efficiency. No information on the timeline of the redundancies is available.
Eurofound (2011), RTP, Internal restructuring in Portugal, factsheet number 73262, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73262.