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 management of the US company, Office Depot, has announced a European reorganisation plan affecting 1100 jobs. The aim of the restructuring is to reduce annual costs by about $90 million by the end of 2016. The company has reported a loss in five out of the last six years. The office supplier has stated that this is due to competitive pressures and difficult economic conditions in the region.
Eurofound (2014), Office Depot, Internal restructuring in European Union, factsheet number 77824, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77824.