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.
Forest Research Institute Metla has started to negotiate with workers as it plans to dismiss 115 people. The state-run institute faces a tight budget for the following year and is exploring the possibility of making voluntary redundancies. It is believed that researching staff are safe from the job losses that will affect support roles.
Eurofound (2010), Metla, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 70539, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70539.