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.
Alcoa, the US multinational aluminium manufacturer, announced on 22/11/2006 a staff reduction of 6700 employees worldwide to take place in 2007. In Europe, the company will close its facilities in Seixal (Portugal) and Swansea (UK) with the loss of 700 jobs.
Eurofound (2006), Alcoa, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 64756, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64756.