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 national air carrier Czech Airlines (ČSA) has announced a mass redundancy due to insolvency which will affect all its 430 employees during 2021. The airline has been hit by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Smartwings aviation group, to which the Czech Airlines belong, asked the state for financial assistance in the amount of CZK 1.1 billion (€42 million) for Czech Airlines at the beginning of February 2021. According to the Minister of Industry and Trade, the state is not planning to help.
Last year, Czech Airlines recorded a loss of about CZK 1.5 billion (€57.4 million).
Eurofound (2021), Czech Airlines (ČSA), Bankruptcy in Czechia, factsheet number 103633, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/103633.