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.
Magnetto Wheels, a producer of steel wheels for cars, is to close its plant at Rivoli (in the province of Turin), with the loss of 400 jobs. The trade unions reacted to the company’s decision by going on strike and blockading the factory gates.
Eurofound (2008), Magnetto Wheels, Closure in Italy, factsheet number 67604, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67604.