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 March 2013 deputy minister Fred Teeven (Ministry of Justice) announced that 27 prisons will be closed in the coming years. The plan (to be implemented by 2018) affects 3,700 jobs. According to the announcement, 2,400 jobs are expected to be lost and additionally 1,300 employees are going to be redeployed. In consultation with the trade unions a social plan will be implemented.
Eurofound (2013), DJI, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 75148, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75148.