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.
Gallaher Group, which is based in the UK, is closing its Dublin plant following an international management review, which means that there will be a restructuring of European operations. Production will be transferred to another factory in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, which also faces 175 job losses. The union (SIPTU) has criticised the company for not consulting the workforce. Additional jobs will be lost at EU-level.
Eurofound (2003), Gallaher, Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 59264, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/59264.