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.
French car manufacturer Peugeot-Citroen (PSA) is to cut 350 temporary jobs at the plant in Mangualde in the Viseu district (Portugal). This follows the discontinuation of the third labour shift due to negative market conditions and declining orders. The company re-employed the affected workers in October 2010 initially for six months. Their contract were to be extended depending on market conditions.
Eurofound (2012), Peugeot-Citroen (PSA), Internal restructuring in Portugal, factsheet number 73268, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73268.