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 mining company MND, based in Hodonin, will cut over 80 jobs (i.e. 20% of its 400 staff) by the end of 2016 due to the decline in oil and gas extraction and investment restrictions for new wells, as a result of the drop in oil prices on global markets. According to the MND spokeswoman, Dana Dvorakova, the company arranged advantageous conditions for laid-off workers. Trade unions do not criticize the procedure
Eurofound (2016), MND, Internal restructuring in Czechia, factsheet number 87476, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87476.