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.
Dairy producer Campina announced on 9 May 2007 the closure of its factory in Heiloo. Production will be relocated to Rotterdam, Maasland and Eindhoven. The reason given by the company is the decreasing consumption of ordinary yoghurt, buttermilk and milk and the increasing competition in this sector. The closure will result in the loss of 178 jobs in 2008. The company currently employs a total of 6,811 people worldwide.
Eurofound (2007), Campina, Relocation in Netherlands, factsheet number 65321, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65321.