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.
Ipse de Bruggen, which specialises in the care of people with developmental challenges or who have multiple disabilities, announced in November 2016 that it would cut 170 jobs in the course of 2017. A representative of the organisation stated that internal restructuring was necessary to reduce costs. Ipse de Bruggen operates across 390 locations in the Dutch province of Zuid-Holland, in West Netherlands. As of November 2016, Ipse de Bruggen employs 6,000 workers.
Eurofound (2016), Ipse de Bruggen, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 92904, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92904.