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.
The town of Kouvola has announced that it will reduce its workforce by at least 320 employees by the end of 2014. As reported the town seeks annual savings of EUR 20 million. Further job cuts have not been ruled out.
Eurofound (2014), Kouvola, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 76440, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76440.