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.
Fazer Bakery has started co-operation talks in order to cut about 200 jobs. The company motivates the need for redundancies by: big investments in production tehcnology decrease the need of labour force; increased competition due to import; restructuring of retail sale.
Eurofound (2003), Fazer Bakery, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 59001, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/59001.