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.
Forte, a furniture producer based in Ostrowa Mazowiecka, is laying plans to dismiss some 500 persons over 18 months (out of a total workforce of 3300). These redundancies are caused by declining orders for furniture, by high cost of raw materials, and the resulting need to trim cost.
Eurofound (2006), Forte, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 63363, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63363.