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 American company Otis, specialising in global manufacturing services, sales, maintenance, and repair of elevators has announced that it will present a job reduction plan at the next Social and Economic committee meeting. The plan that has been negotiated along with trade unions and plans to eliminate 114 jobs, including 24 management positions out of the company 4700 employees. The job cuts are lower than the initial estimate of 136. This restructuring comes amidst a difficult economic climate that is currently affecting the company.
Eurofound (2025), Otis France, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 202719, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202719.