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.
BT Italia, the Italian division of BT, one of the world’s leading communications services companies, is to cut 147 jobs (out of 950) in Italy. In September the company announced the start of the collective dismissals; the job cuts will mainly affect the Milan and Rome sites.
The trade unions have reacted to the company’s decision announcing several protest actions.
For information on previous restructruing cases see British Telecom Italia 2013.
Eurofound (2013), BT Italia, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 75889, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75889.