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 27 October 2011, supplier of bakery products and food preservation CSM announced that it will cut 500 jobs worldwide in the next two years. CSM currently employs 7900 people. The job cuts are attributed to the fear of a continued recession and the need to cut costs. As of october 2011, there is no information on the affected sites.
Eurofound (2011), CSM, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 72648, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72648.