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.
Esplex, a supplier of computer parts, has announced that it is to close its site in Plymouth with the loss of all 140 jobs. The company plans to move its operations to a site in Poland in order to reduce costs. The site will be closed by the end of 2009.
Eurofound (2009), Esplex, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68179, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68179.