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.
McDonald’s, US-headquartered chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, is to cut 95 jobs out of 559 positions in the province of Milan. It is reported that the company has not reached any agreement with the trade unions on the reorganization plan.
The trade unions reacted to the company’s decision by announcing a strike for the 25th September.
Eurofound (2012), McDonald's, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 74167, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74167.