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.
Van Gansewinkel, a company specializing in waste treatment announced its intention to cut 600 jobs before mid-2013. 100 of the jobs affected are in Belgium.
According to the management, the decision is due to the overcapacity and the price pressures. According to the unions, workers are concerned about their future in the company.
Eurofound (2012), Van Gansewinkel, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 74206, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74206.