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.
Trelleborg Wheel Systems, a leading supplier of tires and wheels for agriculture, forestry and materials handling vehicles, is to cease production of motorcycle tires Mitas at its Zlín factory and to dismiss up to 120 people out of the 500 staff by the end of June 2023. The company is moving production abroad. The reason is to optimize the company's production capacities and to make production more efficient.
Telleborg AB is a global engineering group focused on polymer technology, with headquarters in Sweden, with 21,230 employees and with yearly revenue of SEK 33.8 billion as of 2021.
Eurofound (2023), Trelleborg Wheel Systems, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Czechia, factsheet number 108336, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/108336.