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.
Nibe AB, a firm that develops and produces heating solutions for houses, is to cut 100 jobs at Markaryd. Management at the firm attribute the decision to recent financial results that were not as strong as expected. Nibe AB employ 1000 at Markaryd, and the job losses are due to implemented from January 2008 to May 2008.
Eurofound (2007), Nibe AB, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 65901, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65901.