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.
The 24 Ore group, one of the main Italian multimedia publishing organisations, is to cut 200 jobs, of which around 40 should be journalists. According to the company, the reorganisational plan is mainly due to the negative effects on the publishing markets produced by the current economic recession. The 24 Ore group is a multimedia publishing organisation, specialized in business, financial, professional and cultural information. Its most popular newspaper is Il Sole 24 Ore. It has 2,279 employees, over 470 of whom are journalists. The main shareholder is Confindustria, the main Italian employers' association.
Eurofound (2009), The 24 Ore Group, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 69437, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69437.