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.
Multinational telecommunications company, Vodafone is planning to launch a Redundancy Procedure affecting 1,000 employees after the merger with telecommunications company Ono in July 2014. As reported, the job reduction measure is expected to take place during the first 2015 semester, although the timeframe may be extended due to the size of the restructuring.
Eurofound (2014), Vodafone, Merger/Acquisition in Spain, factsheet number 77962, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77962.