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.
VR, a Finnish train operator, has announced redundancies of up to 98 employees from its ticket sales and customer services. The company is starting negotiations with employee representatives on the cuts.
The company is not planning on closing stations or service locations, but it notes that over half of its tickets are now being bought via internet or from vending machines.
Eurofound (2012), VR, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 74008, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74008.