ethics-in-the-digital-workplace

Depending on their design and use in the workplace, digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, advanced robots and sensor technologies impact on many areas of working conditions, raising new ethical concerns about workers' fundamental rights. It will be critical to ensure policies on ethical issues also consider quality aspects of work and not just legal and compliance issues. COVID-19 may have boosted the use of digital technologies in the workplace, in some cases with little consideration for the ethical implications. Technologies used to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace may be redeployed for other purposes, such as enhanced monitoring and surveillance of workers. It is therefore crucial to re-assess the ethical implications of the use of digital technologies both in terms of job quality and workers' rights.