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.
Tulip, a meat processing firm, has announced that it is to close its factory at Bromborough on the Wirral with the loss of all 300 jobs. The company has stated that the factory cannot compete on cost with other sites. As of 11 January 2009, the company has not set a date for final closure.
Eurofound (2009), Tulip, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67783, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67783.