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.
Kodak announced a world-wide restructuring plan affecting between 4,500 and 6,000 jobs, which represent between 6% and 9% of their total work force. The measure is due to an huge loss for the second quarter of 61%, representing 112 millions of dollars. Any other reason is the huge competition with the digital technology.
Eurofound (2003), Kodak, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 60082, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60082.