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.
Lasselsberger, Austrian manufacturer of ceramic tiles, decided to shut down it Lugoj plant and to dismiss around 150 employees. The reason is sales reduction caused by the property downturn. In 2007m the local units of Lasselsberger reported a turnover of 61 million euros, a decrease of 13% as compared with 2006.
Eurofound (2008), Lasselsberger Lugoj, Closure in Romania, factsheet number 67705, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67705.