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.

TI Automotive, a leading manufacturer of brake circuit tubes, is cutting 156 jobs, as its factory in Nazelles-Négron is closing (Indre-et-Loire). The site has been struggling financially due to a decline in vehicle demand in France and Europe since 2020. Various measures, including part-time unemployment and voluntary departures, were previously implemented to preserve jobs but were insufficient. As a result, 130 employees will be fired. 26 employees will be transferred to the company’s sites in Brognard (Doubs) and Les Mureaux (Yvelines). By the end of July, most employees will have left, and between September and December, production lines will be dismantled and relocated to other German and French sites.
A previous major restructuring recorded in the ERM database saw 118 jobs cut TI Automotive 2008 - NO.
Eurofound (2025), TI Automotive, Closure in France, factsheet number 202473, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/202473.