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 7 December 2009, De Persgroep Nederland announced it will scrap 130 of the 760 jobs in the Netherlands. The Amsterdam based newspapers De Volkskrant and Trouw will be affected. Forty jobs will be lost in the editorial staff, and another 90 among supporting staff like marketing, client service and advertisement. Earlier, De Persgroep Nederland announced a loss of 185 jobs at the Rotterdam based newspaper AD.
Eurofound (2009), De Persgroep Nederland, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 70160, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70160.