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.
Portuguese gaming operator Estoril Sol announced plans to dismiss 113 workers at its Estoril Casino on the outskirts of Lisbon, blaming the effects of the economic downturn in the gaming sector. The Casino said 'it had exhausted all possibilities to reduce costs through economies of scale' and the redundancies would cost about 6 million euros. The unions opposed the decision with a series of strikes.
Eurofound (2010), Estoril Sol, Internal restructuring in Portugal, factsheet number 71447, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71447.