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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VDL Bova, which manufactures buses, announced on the 16th January 2009 that it will cut 100 jobs from its workforce in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands. The represents a cut of 20% of its workforce. 50 jobs are to be cut immediately, and the remaining 50 will be cut later in 2009. The job cuts are a result of a fall in demand and increasing competition from low wage countries.
Eurofound (2009), VDL Bova, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 68069, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68069.