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.
In July 2012, the telecommunications and Internet company Bouygues Telecom (9800 employees) announced a voluntary departure plan in order to cut 556 positions. The reason is to increase its competitiveness against the low-cost provider Free.
The information and consultation process will end mid-October. There is current disagreement between the employees’ representatives and the management on the compensation package.Â
Eurofound (2012), Bouygues Telecom, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 74228, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74228.