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.
On 10 April 2012, after the acquisition of Telefonia Dialog and Crowley Data Poland (CDP) Polish telecom operator Netia announced a restructuring programme, which aims at the reducing the workforce by 519 employees across the whole Group. Netia is to implement the collective dismissal programme in two stages: the first in June and July 2012, and the second in December 2012.
Mirosław Godlewski, president of Netia, announced some details on the dismissals: 360 jobs will be cut in former Telefonia Dialog, 38 in former CDP and 121 in the "old" Netia. Moreover, the company plans to change the conditions of employment for 129 people.
Eurofound (2012), Netia, Merger/Acquisition in Poland, factsheet number 73549, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73549.