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.
Linamar, a manufacturer of car components, has called for 208 voluntary redundancies at its Swansea factory.The company, which employs 358 people at the site, has been affected by the drop in demand for cars.As of 7 December 2008 no timeline has been given as to when these redundancies will occur.
Eurofound (2008), Linamar, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67588, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67588.