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.
The Spanish construction company FCC has announced the dismissal of 1,000 employees till the end of 2013 in Spain. The dismissals are part of the company’s strategic plan 2013-2015 and are attributed to the drop in the demand in the construction sector.
Update 24-04-2013: the company has reached an agreement with the unions UGT and CCOO to apply for a Redundancy Procedure affecting 842 employees.
Eurofound (2013), FCC, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 75090, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75090.