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.
Egoki, a Spanish manufacturer of door handles, is to close its plant in Irun with the loss of 120 jobs (80% of its workforce). The firm has attributed the closure to the significant decrease in orders, but the unions blame the management of the company.
Eurofound (2008), Egoki, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 67293, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67293.