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.
Livar is a foundry located in Ivančna Gorica near Ljubljana. The company is due to cut its workforce by 90 employees before the end of 2009. In November 2008, the company employed 690 employees but since then orders from customers have drastically reduced and as a result the number of employees has been already reduced by 55 workers and it is expected that that these job cuts will continue.
Eurofound (2009), Livar, Internal restructuring in Slovenia, factsheet number 68143, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68143.