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.
Vion, the largest meat producer in Europe, announced it will cut 105 jobs in the Netherlands. Of those 40 will be direct dismissals, while the remaining 65 will be either moved to other locations or will leave through natural attrition. The measure is part of a so-called back-to-the-core operation, which includes a withdrawal from the UK and the sale of non-core activities.
Eurofound (2012), Vion, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 74646, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74646.