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.
At the Maasland Hospital (Maaslandziekenhuis) in Sittard, between 150 and 175 jobs will be cut. Some 1,275 people are currently employed at the hospital. The restructuring will affect different departments as it is mainly a reorganising and modernising operation. A new integrated facility will be built, it should be finished in 2008. There will be no direct dismissals; the jobs will be cut partly through natural attrition. For the remaining (on average 80 jobs) a new position will be looked for.
Eurofound (2005), Maaslandziekenhuis, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 62721, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62721.