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.

Conad has notified unions of 817 collective dismissals following its acquisition of Auchan. The layoffs primarily affect administrative staff from the former company, with the procedure expected to conclude by the end of 2020.
The workforce reductions concentrate heavily in Lombardy, representing approximately half of the total dismissals announced to unions in Rome. The entire administrative structure of the former Auchan operation will be eliminated as part of the integration process.
Additional job losses are anticipated for retail network employees, as six former Auchan supermarkets have been sold to Esselunga (five in Lombardy) and 28 to Carrefour, mainly in the Milan metropolitan area.
Eurofound (2020), Conad, Merger/Acquisition in Italy, factsheet number 203001, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203001.