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.
On 20 October 2008, Venta, a producer of chairs and tables in Siauliai, closed down with the loss of 800 jobs. The main cause of the closure was the fall in demand for the company products. According to the management, Venta had a loss of 9 million LTL in 2007. Now the management intends to rent out the equipment so the company could gradually pay its suppliers and creditors.
Eurofound (2008), Venta, Closure in Lithuania, factsheet number 67302, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67302.