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.
In May 2005, the German electronic firm announced it is to close its Lormont factory in Gironde specialised in ferrite components manufacture. This closure concerns 115 employees and is partly due to the competition from India and Czech Republic.
Eurofound (2005), Epcos, Closure in France, factsheet number 61647, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61647.