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.
According to the Lithuanian Labour Exchange (the country's employment office associated to the Ministry of Social Security and Labour), Briauna, furniture manufacturer in Kaunas, announced its bankruptcy on 12 April, 2006. The company employed 137 workers. All of those losing their jobs at Briauna will be employed in other local companies under temporary labour contracts.
Eurofound (2006), Briauna, Bankruptcy in Lithuania, factsheet number 63339, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63339.