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.
Europe's largest pig abattoir, Danish Crown, announced on 2nd June 900 redundancies with two plants in Vojens and Nykøbing Mors closing and the capacity at its Holstebro plant being reduced by 40%. Danish Crown blames the jobs losses on the bad economy in the sector and the slow treatment by municipalities of environmental approvals. There is no information about the total number of employed.
Eurofound (2008), Danish Crown, Closure in Denmark, factsheet number 66727, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66727.