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 Polish discount clothing chain TXM reduces its employment by 250 positions throughout a collective dismissal programme. The programme is related to the COVID-19 pandemic; the restructuring was registered by the company at the local employment agency in April 2020.
TXM, founded in 1989, is a part of the capital group Redan; currently, it is the largest Polish clothing chain owning over 260 stores across the country. The chain also operates in Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Eurofound (2020), TXM, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 100718, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/100718.