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.
Provider of technical services Imtech announced that it will cut 900 jobs in the Benelux countries and Spain. It is reported that jobs will be cut in the Marine division.
Background is structural problems in the regions mentioned, and a temporary loss of turnover in the Marine division. A timeline for the restructuring has yet to be announced.
Eurofound (2012), Imtech, Internal restructuring in European Union, factsheet number 74452, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74452.