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.
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On November 28th 2010, the pharmacuetical company, Sanofi, announced plans to layoff 227 workers at its sites across Spain. The company will begin negotiations over the lay-offs with unions immidiately because the company has suffered a 35% drop in revenue in Spain over the last two years.
Eurofound (2010), Sanofi, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 71616, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71616.