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.
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On 10 November 2005 the steel manufacturer Outokumpu started codertemination negotiations with its employees in order to cut 300 jobs in Finland. The company launched earlier in fall 2005 a cost saving programme in order to cut the fixed costs by 10%.
On 4 January 2006 Outokumpu informed as a result of the codetermination negotiations that 314 employees would be made redundant in Finland.
Eurofound (2005), Outokumpu, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 62508, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62508.