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.
Hjem-is, the Danish manufacturer of ice cream based in Esbjerg, has announced the loss of 252 jobs with the closure of its factory in Esbjerg. Production activities will end on 19 December. The company plans to off-shore production activities abroad to a so far unknown location. The management and trade unions (3F and NNF) have had 'positive meetings' - they say - about employment and training possibilities for redundant workers.
Eurofound (2008), Hjem-is, Closure in Denmark, factsheet number 67299, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67299.