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.
Veneto Banca, an Italian banking group, is to cut 246 jobs by the end of 2013. The job cuts are included in a plan that envisages the merger between Veneto Banca, Banca Apulia and Carifa. The plan provides the closure of some branches and the job cuts will affect all three banks: the Veneto Banca (154 job-losses), Banca Apulia (69) and Carifa (23).
Veneto Banca group has around 6,000 employees.
Eurofound (2012), Veneto Banca, Merger/Acquisition in Italy, factsheet number 73913, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73913.