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 1 June 2010, Hewlett-Packard (300.000 employees worldwide) announced to cut 9000 jobs in its business-to-business division over the next three years and recruit, at the same time, 6000 employees in sales and delivery. The aim is to modernise commercial data centres and increase the range of services to clients. Management said HP will cut jobs by means of « natural departure » and intends to avoid compulsory redundancies.
Eurofound (2010), Hewlett-Packard, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 70623, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70623.