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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Merck Serono, the French subsidiary of the German pharmaceutical group Merck, has announced to cut 267 positions (over than 20% of the workforce) in a bid to preserve its competitiveness. The management announced a voluntary departure plan and measures to help workers to find a new job or activity.
Eurofound (2012), Merck Serono France, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 73669, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73669.