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.
Goed, a Belgian retail chain of medical and prosthetic products that is part of the wider Christian Mutualities has announced it will be dismissing 300 employees. According to the company management, the organisation has been struggling due to several unforeseen circumstances, namely: increasing energy prices, wage indexations as well as growing competition from online retailers.
Eurofound (2023), Goed, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 108742, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/108742.