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.
On 13 August 2009, cable manufacturer Draka announced it will scrap another 170 jobs, on top of the 1700 or 1800 that were scrapped over the past year. It is not yet clear where the jobs will be lost. Draka operates in thirty countries worldwide.
Eurofound (2009), Draka, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 69427, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69427.