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.
Elcoteq, a Finnish electronics manufacturing services company, is to close its plant in Arad with the consequent loss of 400 jobs. The closure is part of a large restructuring plan resulting in the closure of production units across Russia, China and the USA, encompassing 4,500 job losses in total.
Eurofound (2009), Elcoteq, Closure in Romania, factsheet number 67991, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67991.