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.
CD- and DVD-producer Mediamotion was declared bankrupt on 27 February.The plant in Uden employs 450 employees, who in peak season are joined by 600 temps. Background is the fast drop in demand for CDs and DVDs. The employment effects are still unclear as the two receivers are investigating possibilities for a restart of the plant.
Eurofound (2008), Mediamotion, Bankruptcy in Netherlands, factsheet number 66503, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66503.