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.
Arla Foods, a dairy producer, will close the dairy and distribution facility at Manchester in United Kingdom. Under the proposals, raw milk, currently processed at Manchester will be transfered to the company's processing facilities at Ashby, Stourton and Hatfield Peverel. The closure, to be completed by January 2009, will result in the loss of around 300 jobs.
Eurofound (2008), Arla Foods, Closure in European Union, factsheet number 66729, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66729.