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.
Scientific Atlanta Europe (SAE), a subsidiary of the group CISCO, specializing in providing services in digital media technology, is about to close its production unit in Kortrijk, which employs 160 people. According to union sources, the management of Scientific Atlanta Europe intends to transfer its production to countries with lower wages.
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