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.
Waste company Everest is planning to dismiss 98 employees from its plant located in Leon (Castilla y Leon). This would reduce the company’s workforce by 25%.
Unions oppose the measure. They ask for alternative cost-saving measures such as the implementation of an early retirement scheme or reduction of costs related to travels.
Eurofound (2013), Everest, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 76199, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76199.