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 22 September 2012 telecom group Ericcsson announced it will relocate its Research and Development activities from the Netherlands to China, resulting in the loss of 88 jobs.
This is a continuation of several restructuring activities undergone by Ericsson in the Netherlands that have already ceased production in the country.
Eurofound (2012), Ericsson, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Netherlands, factsheet number 74301, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74301.