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 5 September 2012, railway operator Przewozy Regionalne in Białystok announced plans to reduce the employment by 20% (62 jobs are expected to be cut). The main reason given for the dismissals is the public financial support from the Podlaskie Voivodeship, which is lower than expected and the company has to cut expenditures.
The local trade unions consider protests including the blockade of railways.
Przewozy Regionalne is owned and funded by 16 regional governments. The company provides local and interregional passenger transport.
Eurofound (2012), Przewozy Regionalne Białystok, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 74161, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74161.