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 22 September 2012 telecom group Ericcsson announced it will relocate its Research and Development activities from the Netherlands to China, resulting in the loss of 88 jobs.
This is a continuation of several restructuring activities undergone by Ericsson in the Netherlands that have already ceased production in the country.
Eurofound (2012), Ericsson, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Netherlands, factsheet number 74301, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74301.