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.
Thermo Fisher Scientific announced on 4 July 2007 that Thermo Electron Industries, the French wholesaler of pharmaceutical goods located in Azé (Sarthe), will close between July and December 2009. All 113 employees will lose their jobs. On 4 July 2007 the employees went on strike to protest against the decision of the company.
Eurofound (2007), Thermo Electron Industries, Closure in France, factsheet number 65565, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65565.