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 Guiana Space Centre (Centre spatial guyanais - CSG) is to shed 190 employees following an agreement signed by the CFE-CGC, FO and UTG (Union des travailleurs guyanais) trade unions, and the management of Arianespace, ArianeGroup and CNES.
The space centre is suffering the consequences of the suspension of Soyuz launches following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the failure of the first commercial flight of the Vega-C rocket and the cumulative delays of the new Ariane 6 launcher. In 2023, only four flights are expected to leave the centre, compared with a dozen in normal times.
CNES currently has just under 1,600 employees.
Eurofound (2023), Centre Spatial Guyanais, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 109199, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/109199.