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.
The electrical appliance retailer Markantalo is to start personnel negotiations in order to cut 120 jobs due to productivity reasons. Discussions will cover all of its current 450 employees.
Markantalo has 12 retail sales units all over Finland and the company has had financial troubles over the last years.
Eurofound (2008), Markantalo, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 66665, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66665.