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.
Sappi, the South African paper manufacturer, has announced 123 redundancies at its Lanaken plant as part of its restructuring programme; of these, about 30 will be compulsory redundancies. The Lanaken plant needs to make savings of EUR 15.3 million. Management has stated that the plants future is secure.
Eurofound (2006), Sappi, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 63739, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63739.