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.
Food manufacturer Heinz is to cut 180 administrative jobs in Zeist, the Netherlands.
The company, which has recently changed ownership, seeks to streamline its operations through reducing the company’s administrative staff (see also Heinz-EU2013).
As reported, there are negotiations with the works council on a social plan.
Eurofound (2013), Heinz, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 76105, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76105.