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.
Roto Frank, manufacturer of roof windows and folding stairs, will shed 101 of its total workforce of 150 on the site of Faulquemont. The PVC windows will be manufactured in Germany whereas the wooden windows will be manufactured in Lubartow, Poland, where labour force is four times cheaper.
Eurofound (2004), Roto Frank, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 59077, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/59077.