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.
On 27 October 2005, Management of Ontex announced its intentions to dismiss 200 permanent workers and 100 temporary workers. The company, based in Buggenhout has two factories producing diapers. The production will be delocalised to China.
Eurofound (2005), Ontex, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Belgium, factsheet number 62628, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62628.