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 Spanish-French tobacco company Altadis announced the closure of their plant in Alicante, with the loss of 338 jobs, and further restructuring in their other Spanish plants. The trade unions UGT has rejected the plan.
Eurofound (2008), Altadis, Closure in Spain, factsheet number 66771, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66771.