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.
Embraco Slovakia , which produces compressors for domestic refrigerators in Spišská Nová Ves, increased the production by 70% in 2004. All of 2.4 million units produced from January till August 2004 were sold. However, the seasonal decrease of demand for such products caused the reduction of production in the company. Only employees with fixed-term contracts and in probation period were hit by temporary dismissal.
Eurofound (2004), Embraco Slovakia, Internal restructuring in Slovakia, factsheet number 60656, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60656.