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.
Slezan Frýdek-Místek, a Czech textile company, has announced the closure of three spinning mills (Hanušovice, Trutnov, Uherské Hradiště) with the loss 380 jobs by the end of 2008. The decision is attributed to the fall in orders due to the global financial crisis.
Eurofound (2008), Slezan Frýdek-Místek, Closure in Czechia, factsheet number 67334, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67334.