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.
Spanish bank Banco Santander is about to dismiss 157 employees from its card activation department. 94 workers will be dismissed in Seville while 63 will be dismissed in Madrid. According to CGT officials, dismissals were announced to the workers on the 26th of June. The job losses are attributed to a decision of the company to implement an automated card activation system.
Eurofound (2015), Banco Santander, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 83890, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/83890.