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.
Portugal Telecom (PT) announced a restructuring plan affecting 1,500 workers by the end of 2005, through early retirement measures. The cost of this restructuring plan represents about 300 million euros. By July 2004, 500 workers will be dismissed. The rest of the redundancies will be effective before end 2005.
Eurofound (2004), PT - Portugal Telecom, Internal restructuring in Portugal, factsheet number 60357, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60357.